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Group seeking more money, answers to high maternal mortality in North Dakota

October 28, 2024

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Dr. Dennis Lutz, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Dakota Medical School, shares updates about the school’s maternal mortality program. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) A state-funded group that researches maternal mortality wants the Legislature to increase its funding five-fold to $240,000 for the 2025-2027 budget cycle. North Dakota’s 26-member…

State superintendent says school choice should supplement, not replace education funding

October 21, 2024

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Clockwise from bottom left, Sen. Michelle Axtman, R-Bismarck, Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, Rep. Pat Heinert, R-Bismarck, and Shane Goettle participate in a work group during a meeting of the North Dakota Educational Opportunities Task Force on Sept. 26, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) The state should not fund school choice programs at the expense…

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Lawmakers to propose Legacy Fund Transparency Act

October 21, 2024

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From left, state Reps. Bernie Satrom and Mitch Ostlie and state Sen. Cole Conley, all Republicans of Jamestown. (Photos provided by the Legislative Assembly)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) Three Republican lawmakers from District 12 plan to bring legislation during the 2025 legislation session to require the state to publish all investments of Legacy Fund money online. The…

Former state senator Ray Holmberg continues to violate release conditions while awaiting sentencing

Holmberg pleaded guilty to taking multiple trips to Prague to pay for sex with children.

October 11, 2024

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Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg continues to violate the conditions of his release as he awaits sentencing for child sex tourism. Holmberg pleaded guilty in August to taking multiple trips to Prague to pay for sex with children. A federal court filing says Holmberg violated his release, which includes internet restrictions, by accessing social…

North Dakota regulators inch closer to Summit pipeline decision

October 8, 2024

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Administrative Law Judge Hope Hogan, left, and Public Service Commissioner Sheri Haugen-Hoffart conduct a hearing April 22, 2024, in Mandan on the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota state agency on Monday moved closer to making a decision on what developers are calling the world’s largest carbon capture…

Measure 3 would invest more of state’s Legacy Fund

October 7, 2024

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Measure 3 on the Nov. 5 ballot would change how much of the Legacy Fund principal can be spent by the Legislature. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)(Mary Steurer- North Dakota Monitor) A measure that would limit spending of the state’s biggest trust fund in order to increase its investment earnings will go to a public vote this November. The…

North Dakota’s likely next governor would regulate his own industry, testing ethics guardrails

October 7, 2024

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BISMARCK, ND (North Dakota Monitor) When Republican Kelly Armstrong filed his federal financial disclosure after being elected to Congress in 2018, he revealed his extensive ties to the oil and gas industry in his home state of North Dakota. It detailed his income from hundreds of oil wells and his financial relationship with two of the state’s largest oil producers….

Coachman wants constitutions to guide government, not other way around

October 2, 2024

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Michael Coachman (Courtesy of the candidate)Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota independent gubernatorial candidate Michael Coachman favors a hands-off approach to government and plans to use the state and federal constitutions as guiding principles for policies. “Our plans are already laid out on what the government shouldn’t do and what they should do,” Coachman said. “If it doesn’t support…

Ethics Commission to seek legislation to bolster transparency, investigative authority

September 26, 2024

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The Ethics Commission meets in the Sakakawea Room of the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck on June 26, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Ethics Commission is planning to propose legislation during next year’s session that would overhaul how it investigates potential ethics violations. Staff say the changes would bring the panel more in line with…

State asks judge to pause ruling that struck down North Dakota’s abortion ban

September 19, 2024

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South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick listens to arguments by attorneys during a hearingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down the state’s abortion ban until the state Supreme Court rules on a planned appeal. The state’s motion to stay a pending appeal was filed…