Former North Dakota Rep. Brandon Prichard, R-Bismarck, attends a special session of the Legislature on Oct. 23, 2023. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)By:Mary Steurer BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s Office wants a federal appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit against the office accusing it of free speech violations. Former state lawmaker Brandon Prichard in…
A pharmacist at Mayo Pharmacy in Bismarck, N.D., reviews completed pharmaceutical orders in January 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal district court judge is skeptical that low-income North Dakotans actually benefit from a state law intended to safeguard medication discounts. The 2025 law makes it a class B misdemeanor for drug manufacturers…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed the excessive-force lawsuit of a New York woman who was injured in an explosion during the protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In orders on Wednesday and Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor granted motions to dismiss the 2018 lawsuit by Sophia Wilansky, who alleged her…
