A cow feeds inside the barn at the North Dakota State University dairy research facility in Fargo on March 14, 2025. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s struggling dairy industry could get a boost from a new milk processing plant and state incentives for more processing. As North Dakota House Agriculture Committee members heard testimony…
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R) MN’s 7th Congressional DistrictLITCHFIELD, Minn. (KVRR) — Three-term U.S. Representative Michelle Fischbach is seeking another term in Congress in 2026. The Republican was first elected in 2020, defeating 15-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson. She won re-election last year in Minnesota’s 7th congressional district, which covers most of the western part of the state, with…
Oil well pump jacks operate near Killdeer, North Dakota on Feb. 1, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Nearly half of North Dakota oil wells now qualify for a tax exemption as low-producing wells, contributing to a reduction in tax revenue projections for the upcoming budget cycle. But even if technology advancements lead to higher oil…
Joe Morrissette, director of the Office of Management and Budget, gives a presentation on the March budget forecast to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on March 13, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) —North Dakota lawmakers building the state budget will work with a more conservative revenue forecast, driven by a projected drop in…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) – A Minnesota Senate committee has taken up a new ethics complaint against Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, who is facing two felony burglary charges. Republican lawmakers revised a previous ethics complaint for entering her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes last April. Mitchell has pleaded not guilty. Republican Sen. Karin Housley says the new statement is…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Makers of political ads could be forced to run a disclaimer any time they use artificial intelligence to create impersonations of people. The bill in the North Dakota legislature covers all video, audio, and still images impersonating someone with the use of AI. Producers must use the words, “This content generated by Artificial Intelligence”. The bill…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota Senate has defeated a resolution to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The vote was taken without recording how senators voted and the final tally was 16 in favor and 31 against. Republican Sen. Diane Larson of Bismarck says the hotly debated resolution came out…
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 21 other state attorneys are suing to stop dismantling the federal Department of Education. The lawsuit, filed in a Massachusetts federal court, claims the Trump administration’s massive reductions in the Education Department are unconstitutional and usurp congressional authority. It seeks a court order to halt the shutdown. Trump officials earlier this week…
Greenpeace Senior Legal Adviser Deepa Padmanabha is pictured outside the Morton County Courthouse on March 3, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former executive director of Greenpeace’s U.S. affiliate on Wednesday refuted accusations from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that the environmental group was a major force driving protests against the pipeline in…
Bradley King of Bismarck holds up a photo of his daughter and her wife during a committee hearing on a resolution opposing same-sex marriage on March 12, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota Senate committee voted 6-1 Wednesday to not issue a recommendation on a House resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…
