BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A day after rejecting free school meals for all North Dakota K-12 students, House members on Tuesday slightly increased the number of students who qualify for free lunch. Within House Bill 1013, the budget bill…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon approved three sweeping packages aimed at reducing property taxes. All three incorporate some form of cap on year-over-year tax increases and would be funded in…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two bills that would have reshaped how candidates get on the North Dakota ballot failed in the House late Tuesday. House Bill 1446, sponsored by Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck, would have eliminated the option…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- West Fargo is considering rules for property owners on how operate short term rentals, like an AirBnB. The ordinance would require short term rental properties be the primary residence of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House overwhelmingly defeated a bill that aimed to give the Ethics Commission more freedom over how it investigates potential ethics violations. The Ethics Commission pushed for House Bill 1360 as a way to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Secretary of State’s Office has approved a petition for a measure that would change North Dakota’s vehicle window tinting law. Under current law, windshield tint must allow at least 70% of light through, driver’s and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday. Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil and gas company, accuses Greenpeace…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday proclaiming the interpretation of marriage as between one man and one woman. The measure passed on a 52-40 vote and will advance to the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) -- Sen. Kevin Cramer revealing on social media that he suffered a severe concussion, seizure and slight brain bleed on Sunday. Cramer says he slipped on ice at his Bismarck home while walking down a hill to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill to provide free meals to North Dakota K-12 students failed in a House vote Monday. Members voted 54-39 against House Bill 1475, which proposed to use $140 million from North Dakota’s general fund…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill that would grant 911 dispatchers, operators working 211 information, and 988 suicide hotlines from lawsuits. Currently, North Dakota has no protections for 911 and other hotline operators.…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Funeral services will be held Friday for Fargo Republican Rep. Josh Christy who died last Tuesday in Bismarck at 43. The services will start at 11 a.m. at Living Waters Lutheran Church in south Fargo. Burial…
