SEN. DAVID CLEMENS

North Dakota Senate Removes Funding for Anti-Abortion Campaign, Advances Budget Bill

April 22, 2025

KVRR Staff,

The North Dakota Capitol building. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer, NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) – North Dakota senators on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal to add $1 million for a “life education committee” in the Office of Management and Budget budget to teach people about abortion alternatives. The amendment was brought by Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg, who…

Resolution to Undo Same-Sex Marriage Fails in North Dakota Senate on “Blind” Vote

March 13, 2025

TJ Nelson, kvrr-apiuser,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota Senate has defeated a resolution to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The vote was taken without recording how senators voted and the final tally was 16 in favor and 31 against. Republican Sen. Diane Larson of Bismarck says the hotly debated resolution came out…