BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — With the goal of supporting working families, state lawmakers this session passed a new tax credit that subsidizes child care for North Dakota businesses. Senate Bill 2282 applies specifically to child care stipends. The tax credit allows employers that offer this benefit to write off 50% of their child care contributions off their income taxes….
Republicans have their first contender for the 2026 governor’s race. Kendall Qualls is planning a campaign kickoff event Tuesday in St. Louis Park. It’ll be his second bid for governor after losing out on the endorsement at the GOP convention in 2022. Qualls is a former Fortune 100 executive leader and Army veteran. He also ran unsuccessfully for Congress in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Representative Jim Kasper is back in Fargo and continuing to recover after experiencing a brain bleed during the legislative session. He has been in a Bismarck hospital since April 23. A statement from District 46 Republicans reveals that Kasper was moved last Thursday to PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital in south Fargo. According to Kasper’s wife, Sandy,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Quality of life and attracting and retaining a workforce was the key theme of Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochesnki’s State of the City address. The mayor talked about many accomplishments including having five years of a budget surplus, U-A-S development and new companies. Altru Sports Complex groundbreaking is planned for June and was approved by…
Judge Nicholas ChaseWASHINGTON (KVRR-KFGO) – The Trump Administration is nominating Nick Chase to be the next U.S. Attorney for North Dakota. Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven recommended the nomination. Chase is a judge for the state’s East Central Judicial District. Before that, he served for 20 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including as acting U.S. Attorney. He also has…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Interstate speeds are going up across North Dakota on August 1. Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed a bill raising the speed limit from 75 to 80-miles-per-hour. The legislation also raises fines for speeding. Armstrong says he believes that the speed limit increase strikes a reasonable balance with neighboring states and raising fines should act as a…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion is the focus of a hearing of the Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct. Last month, Republicans filed an ethics complaint against the Democrat accusing him of violating Senate rules. They claim Champion authored legislation in 2023 and 2025 directing $3 million to his client who runs the violence prevention organization 21…
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr./HHSST. PAUL (KVRR) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Department of Health and Human Services are being sued by 18 states including Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison says he and attorneys general in 17 other states are suing to stop the dismantling of Health and Human Services. Ellison says thousands of federal health workers have…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The 2025 North Dakota legislative session is over and Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed the cornerstone piece of his push for property tax relief. Armstrong calls it a “landmark property tax relief and reform package”. The bill more than triples the existing primary residence property tax credit from $500 per year to $1,600 per year. Earnings…
FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota GOP put out another statement on the evening of Friday, May 2, to address the conduct of former state senator Ray Holmberg and to state all the party had done to distance themselves from him once that behavior had come to light. The statement included a timeline of events, saying that in August of…
