Members of Legislative Management meet on Nov. 13, 2024. The North Dakota Legislature is expected to take action on property tax reform during the 2025 session. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota will ring in the new year with a lot of unfinished business from 2024. Many of the state’s biggest stories from last year…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — The North Dakota Legislature may be asked to provide more than $4 million to replace the windows at the Capitol in Bismarck, with the total project costing nearly twice that amount. The Capitol Grounds Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend moving forward with a $7.8 million window replacement project. The 21-story building has…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Nearly 90% of drones used by North Dakota state agencies were manufactured in China, a statistic that has a Bismarck lawmaker concerned about potential security risks. Rep. Mike Nathe submitted a bill this week that proposes to spend $15 million to replace Chinese drones used by law enforcement, oil regulators, colleges and other state…
Rep. Eric James Murphy, R-Grand Forks, speaks during a meeting of the interim Education Committee on Sept. 24, 2024. Murphy plans to bring a bill during the 2025 session that would preserve some abortion access in North Dakota. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A Republican state lawmaker plans to introduce a bill he says will strike…
North Dakota House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, left, R-Dickinson, speaks during a meeting of the Legislative Management Committee next to Senate Majority Leader David Hogue, R-Minot, on Nov. 13, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Legislature is preparing to give newer lawmakers an experience boost during the upcoming legislative session with term limits…
North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe, shown here with the State Canvassing Board on Nov. 20, 2024, is working with the Ethics Commission on financial reporting rules for elected officials. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota secretary of state is working with the Ethics Commission to propose changes to financial disclosure rules for…
Jan Murtha, executive director for the North Dakota Retirement and Investment Office, speaks during a meeting of the Employee Benefits Programs Committee on Oct. 31, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A key person involved with overseeing the Legacy Fund announced her resignation Friday. Jan Murtha, executive director of the state Retirement and Investment Office, announced…
The Legislative Management Committee meets Nov. 13, 2024, in the House chamber. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Three full-time staff will join North Dakota Legislative Council ahead of the 2025 session, with more hiring on the horizon if lawmakers approve the council’s plan for an additional 50 positions by 2029. The three new hires – a communications specialist,…
The Legislative Management Committee meets Nov. 13, 2024, in the House chamber. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — About 80 temporary jobs are available for North Dakota’s upcoming legislative session in January. Sergeants-at-arms, legislative pages and two categories of committee clerks are important for lawmakers to complete the business set out during the session, said Renae Doan,…
Rep. Keith Kempenich and Treasurer Thomas Beadle listen during a Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board meeting on Nov. 12, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota has a chance to make more money off its investments after voters narrowly approved a ballot measure last week that limits spending of the state’s largest trust…
