During his confirmation hearing last week before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Burgum portrayed the Interior Department as key to geopolitical power struggles.

North Dakota’s highest court ruled Friday to keep the state’s overturned abortion ban from being enforced during an appeal of a decision by a judge that struck down the law in September. Attorneys for the state had asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to grant a stay pending appeal.

Governing water based on arbitrarily-drawn lines instead of geological boundaries is a recipe for cross-county disputes, proponents of Senate Bill 2210 contend.

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.

North Dakota’s school boards already have a state law that gives them the ability to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, if they are accompanied by other historical documents. Now, lawmakers are debating whether to require posting the commandments in every public K-12 and college classroom.

The Bison are 7-3 on their home court. North Dakota State ranks second in college basketball averaging 12.1 made 3-pointers per game

A resolution to encourage people to turn off at least some of the some of the lights in North Dakota failed to make it past the state Senate on Friday. Senate Concurrent Resolution 4004 calling for North Dakota Dark Sky Week in April was voted down 29-17.

(North Dakota Monitor/By Bill Dubensky) – Advocates for low-income housing and people seeking to reduce homelessness lined up to testify in favor of a bill that allocates $211 million to address North Dakota’s housing crisis. The bill also calls for a legislative study of homelessness in the state before the 2027 legislative session.

Right now, many small towns in North Dakota are in a tough spot trying to pay for necessary projects. So, Fargo senator Tim Mathern is proposing an idea to put millions of dollars into an

The resolution introduced by Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, Sen. Dean Rummel, R-Dickinson, Rep. Austin Foss, D-Fargo, Rep. Karla Hanson, D-Fargo, and Rep. Eric Murphy, R-Grand Forks, aims to protect a critical and disappearing natural resource: darkness.

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.

North Dakota is seventh in the Summit scoring 65.7 points per game and is shooting 42.8%. North Dakota State makes 42.7% of its shot