Colby Braun, center, director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, listens March 24, 2025, to testimony on a bill related to criminal sentences. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s attorney general is backing a bill that will increase the time offenders spend behind bars because he says the state criminal justice system…
Faye Seidler, a suicide prevention advocate, testifies March 24, 2025, against a bill that would require state entities to only refer to individuals by their sex assigned at birth in official documentation. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Schools don’t see all-gender bathrooms as a problem, West Fargo Public Schools Business Manager Levi Bachmeier told lawmakers Monday…
A sticker opposing a possible 3-cent increase to North Dakota’s gas tax is displayed on a Bismarck gas pump on March 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers are weighing the first increase to the gas tax in 20 years and an increased electric vehicle fee, with the new tax revenue earmarked for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.” Trump…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked the release of a former Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor, after prosecutors leveled fresh allegations that he tried to obstruct the FBI’s investigation from jail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins ruled that Justin Eichorn should remain jailed instead of being released to a halfway house on Tuesday…
Landowners are compensated for the area needed for oil well pads, but there are sometimes disputes about the amount of compensation. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten says clients have paid him millions of dollars for court battles against oil and gas company Continental Resources over surface damages in North Dakota….
Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights, shown in July 2024 in Burleigh County, conducts agriculture research in North Dakota but is awaiting federal payments on some of her work. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HAZELTON, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota ag and conservation researcher is unsure if she will be able to complete some projects — or start new ones…
AG Ellison addresses the crowd in Moorhead.MOORHEAD, MN – People filled the room inside the Comstock Memorial Union on the campus of MSUM Saturday morning. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has been on a tour of sorts, holding town hall meetings across the state to address queries and concerns. Part of the goal is to clarify his motivations for filing…
The largest banner at the protest, echoing the slogan used by mail carriers across the country.FARGO, N.D. – A significant crowd of protesters braved the chilly temperatures on Sunday, lining up in front of the post office in downtown Fargo. They’re part of a nationwide wave of protests aimed at President Trump’s proposed changes to the USPS. Trump has suggested…
U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak speaks in the North Dakota Senate chamber on Feb. 18, 2025, as Lt. Gov Michelle Strinden presides over the session. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Republican U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak announced she will hold a telephone town hall on Tuesday evening. The tele-town hall will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Tuesday. Participants…
