Candy and sugary drinks are displayed at a gas station in Bismarck on Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a webinar series to help food retailers comply with upcoming restrictions on purchases made with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars. North Dakota…
FARGO — It’s election day tomorrow in North Dakota and the state has just released the number of voters that took part in early voting last week. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, over 14,000 people took part in early voting in Cass County. Over 36,000 early votes were cast statewide. That is not counting absentee and mail-in ballots….
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center is a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Luann Dart/GS Publishing)ELGIN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A hospital in southwest North Dakota is on more stable financial footing after being approved for an emergency $5 million loan from the Bank of North Dakota. The loan, authorized during a special session of the North…
GRAND FORKS, ND – MAY 30, 2026: North Dakota state Rep. Eric Murphy at home planning a day of canvassing in his Grand Forks, N.D. district. Murphy, an incumbent Republican, faces a tense primary election from conservative challengers after his votes on abortion in the state legislature.GRAND FORKS, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) If Eric Murphy loses his primary election on…
Sen. Tim Mathern, right, D-Fargo, Sen. Ryan Braunberger, center, D-Fargo, and Rep. Zac Ista, left, D-Grand Forks, hold a press conference at the Capitol on April 28, 2025. Ista and Mathern have requested an attorney general’s opinion on how to fill the ballot vacancy created by the death of Rep. Liz Conmy, D-Fargo. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D….
The Elmer L. Andersen Human Services Building in St. Paul, MN Thursday Jan. 15, 2026. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The Minnesota Department of Human Services cut off funding to more than 3,000 care providers across 13 Medicaid services in its sweeping “revalidation” effort — a four-month screening of roughly 5,500 providers made in response to…
Billy Kirkland, assistant secretary for Indian Affairs for President Donald Trump’s administration, delivers the keynote address for the 2026 Government to Government Conference at the Bismarck Event Center on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota tribal leaders say greater sovereignty is key to protecting their communities amid uncertain federal support….
Gerald Schmitt begins filling out a ballot during early voting at the Bismarck Event Center on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s largest county is driving early voting turnout in the state despite fewer than usual high-profile offices on the ballot this year. Cass County accounts for more than 7,000…
Levi Bachmeier, North Dakota Superintendent of Public InstructionFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) — North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction Levi Bachmeier says North Dakota’s low proficiency rates in public school testing is because of higher standards. Republican Charles Tuttle, who is running against Bachmeier for the superintendent position in this year’s election, has criticized the low scores. Bachmeier says he’s not interested in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Early voting has begun in Cass County. Bringing residents in the county a chance to make their mark on the ballot a week early. “During the primary, a lot of the local and county races, some of those things won’t be on the available to voters in the general election. So it’s important that they come…
