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Five North Dakota Counties Report Absentee Ballots with No Postmarks

State Canvassing Board meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday to certify the results of the election

June 25, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – At least five North Dakota counties received absentee ballots through the mail that were missing postmarks, a situation Secretary of State Michael Howe calls “completely unacceptable.” The Burleigh County Canvassing Board voted 5-4 on Monday morning to accept 58 ballots that were received by the deadline but were not postmarked. Lisa Hart, Burleigh County…

Former State Senator to Plead Guilty in Child Sex Case

June 24, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg will plead guilty to traveling to the Czech Republic to have sex with children. In a plea agreement, Holmberg admits that he repeatedly traveled from North Dakota to Prague between 2011 and 2016 to have sex with adolescent-aged children and that there is enough evidence of it to find…

Gov. Burgum says we’re living “in a dictatorship” during Michigan campaign stop

June 20, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

WALKER, Mich. (KVRR/CNN) — Governor Doug Burgum said, “If you want to find out what it’s like to live in a dictatorship, we’re living in one now because in a democracy, congress sets the rules. In a dictatorship, one party just starts shoving rules down on thing that raises the cost of everything.” That’s Governor Doug Burgum speaking in Walker,…

New Legislation Would Make The Bald Eagle The National Bird

June 20, 2024

TJ Nelson,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Did you know that the bald eagle is not designated as the national bird? We have a national mammal, the bison. A national flower, the rose and even a national tree, the oak. The bald eagle has been depicted as a national symbol since 1782 when the founding fathers approved the Great Seal of the United…

Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson Named Adjutant General of N.D. National Guard

June 20, 2024

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Brigadier Gen. Mitchell Johnson has been tapped to serve as the next adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard and director of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services. Johnson will assume the role on September 15 and will succeed Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, who is retiring after nearly nine years as adjutant general and…

Documentary on Gov. Kristi Noem To Be Released on Thursday

June 19, 2024

TJ Nelson,

“There’s some kind of a drive in her that makes her get up in the morning and get the job done.” A new documentary on the life and career of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is being released Thursday. The 45-minute special from Transition Studios called, “America’s Governor: The Kristi Noem Story,” highlights the life and political journey of South…

Opposition Growing To Property Tax Reform Measure in North Dakota

June 19, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) — A proposed statewide property tax reform measure would cost the state about $1.3 billion each fiscal year and the idea is already facing opposition. The proposed measure would end property taxes based on assessed value and rely on the state to fund budgets for counties, cities and school districts. A memo from the Legislative…

Republicans Block Bill to Outlaw Bump Stocks for Rifles after Supreme Court Lifts Trump-era Ban

June 18, 2024

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FILE – A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down…

Fedorchak Campaign Files Complaints With FEC And FCC

June 18, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO/NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) — Julie Fedorchak’s campaign has filed complaints with two federal agencies over video and text messages sent last week that falsely stated she had dropped out of the U.S. House race. Complaints were filed with the Federal Election Commission and Federal Communications Commission asking the agencies to investigate. The campaign’s attorney says the complaint to…

North Dakota Congressional Age Limits Law Could Lead to Legal Review

June 17, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A newly passed North Dakota law could give the U.S. Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit restrictions on who can run for federal office, a legal expert says. North Dakotans voted Tuesday to make it illegal for anyone to be elected or appointed to represent the state in Congress if they’d turn 81 before the end…