BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Legislature is considering a bill that would increase taxes on tobacco products. Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan of Fargo is the sponsor of the bill. SB 2281 would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents, to 69 cents. Cigars would see a tax of 32 percent while electronic cigarettes and vapes…
Rep. Mike Schatz, R-New England, speaks in a favor of a bill to require voter registration in North Dakota on Jan. 23. 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The latest proposal to require voter registration in North Dakota met strong opposition last week. North Dakota is the only state in the country without voter registration. Instead,…
Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, speaks about term limits during a committee hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota legislative committee advanced a bill Thursday that makes a change to lawmaker term limits approved by voters in 2022. The constitutional measure limits lawmakers to serving no more than eight years in the state House…
The North Dakota Capitol building. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday rejected another attempt at legalizing online sports betting. Rep. Scott Louser, R-Minot, said he hoped to stave off a citizen-initiated measure on legalizing online sports betting with a resolution that would have put the issue up to a statewide…
Josh Askvig, state director of AARP North Dakota, speaks during a committee hearing on digital currency kiosks on Jan. 22, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill debated Wednesday by North Dakota lawmakers aims to protect residents from cryptocurrency scams. House Bill 1447 would add new requirements for crypto kiosks – or ATMs for digital currency…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Theatre may see money coming its way, if a bill recently submitted into the legislature comes to pass. It would give the North Dakota Historical Society $1,100,000 to fund a restoration project of the historic theatre. The bill says that for every two dollars raised by the theatre, the state will donate one dollar. A…
Dion Schilling speaks during a committee hearing on homelessness on Jan. 21, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Advocates for low-income housing and people seeking to reduce homelessness lined up to testify Tuesday in favor of a bill that allocates $211 million to address North Dakota’s housing crisis. Senate Bill 2030 would provide: $200 million to the…
Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot, speaks in favor of a bill to legalize conversion therapy at a House Human Services Committee meeting on Jan. 21, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A panel of lawmakers considered two bills Tuesday that could have sweeping impacts on LGBTQ rights in the state: one requiring North Dakota to recognize only…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A bill in the North Dakota legislature would require public schools to hold the Pledge of Allegiance each morning. Currently, the decision to hold a morning pledge is up to individual school boards. HB 1222 would take the decision from school boards and make it a requirement of all public schools. It would also protect schools, faculty,…
Claire Ness, deputy attorney general, speaks during a committee hearing on Jan. 20, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Possessing a computer-generated image of child pornography would be punishable as a felony in North Dakota under a bill discussed Monday by state lawmakers. House Bill 1386 adds images created by artificial intelligence to state law prohibiting the possession of…
