(Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs bill requiring that students not use their phones during the school day.)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed the remaining bills from the 2025 North Dakota legislative session but he has also used his line-item veto authority on portions of six bills. One of the biggest issues involves the fees for the 24/7 sobriety…
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…
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. (KVRR) — It’s the week of spring showers and thunderstorms, and the National Weather Service wants to prepare you for the various weather events that areas may experience during this season. “We don’t want people caught out in the storm with lightning coming or getting pelted with hail. And so we want to be ready, we want to…
(Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs bill requiring that students not use their phones during the school day.)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov. Kelly Armstrong said Friday as he signed a bill requiring K-12 public schools in North Dakota to adopt phone-free school policies that it may be the most impactful legislation of this session. The house bill requires all personal electronic communication…
Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs a bill that seeks to prevent insurance prior authorization from blocking patients’ access to care in an April, 23, 2025, ceremony at the Capitol. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — New legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Kelly Armstrong aims to protect patients from care-delaying snags in the health insurance prior authorization process. Prior…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Across all three Fargo libraries, there is a collection of about 270,000 books. From children’s books, young adult books, and more. But under a Senate bill, libraries and public schools would have to relocate or remove books that are explicit sexual material to an area in the library not easily accessible to minors. “Our Northport branch…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong will be joined by First Lady Kjersti Armstrong and Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden at a bill signing to ban the use of cell phones in public schools. He’ll sign the bill Friday at Centennial Elementary School in Bismarck. It directs K-12 public schools to require students’ cell phones to be securely stowed and…
North Dakota Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong gestures during a meeting at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican governor on Wednesday vetoed bills to further restrict sexual content in libraries and to create a private school voucher program, rejecting two measures that have seen widespread support by GOP governors…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is coming to North Dakota to hear directly from producers. Rollins will participate in a roundtable discussion at NDSU on Tuesday morning. She was invited by Sen. John Hoeven who serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. Hoeven says they will talk with local agriculture producers, commodity groups, ag researchers…
