BISMARCK, ND -- A group that wants to repeal longstanding Sunday business restrictions in North Dakota is a step closer to bringing the matter to a public vote. Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved for circulation a petition…
BISMARCK, ND -- Overdose deaths have almost tripled in North Dakota since 2013. Last year, 55 people died from drug overdoses, many due to opioids. To save lives, North Dakota First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum is encouraging those at risk…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been released from the hospital just six weeks after he was shot during a GOP baseball practice. Scalise was discharged Tuesday and transferred to an in-patient rehabilitation center to continue…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The legal battle between Gov. Dayton and the Legislature is on a fast track to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The dispute revolves around Dayton's move to zero out funding for the House and Senate while…
Washington, D.C. --- President Donald Trump is barring transgender people from serving in the military ``in any capacity.'' He's citing ``tremendous medical costs and disruption.'' Trump's announcement Wednesday morning on Twitter did not say what would happen to transgender people…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A North Dakota judge appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators Heitkamp and Hoeven introduced U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson to the panel. Erickson was nominated by President Trump to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Minnesota Senators Al Fraken and Amy Klobuchar and North Dakota's Democratic U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp voted against the procedural motion. Republican Senator John Hoeven voted for it saying "we will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Trump is praising the Senate for moving forward on a bill to repeal Obamacare. Vice President Pence cast the tie-breaking vote. "The vice president votes in the affirmative…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A group of U.S. Senators is going after secret campaign spending. Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota helped reintroduce the DISCLOSE Act. It would require tax-exempt groups and super PACs…
FARGO, ND -- You may want to reconsider tossing a cigarette out your car window from now on. Highway officials are cracking down on litter by imposing a 400 percent fine increase. Anyone…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- With Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau out, many people are already talking about the man Mayor Betsy Hodges has nominated to become the new chief. Medaria Arrandondo, the man many know as "Rondo" is acting the…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly named White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci went right to work answering journalists' questions after getting the job. Scaramucci entered the White House press briefing room with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who now has the position of…
