North Dakota voters reject property tax ballot measure • North Dakota Monitor
The no votes were leading Tuesday night on a proposal to overhaul the state’s tax system by banning property taxes based on assessed value.| North Dakota Monitor
The no votes were leading Tuesday night on a proposal to overhaul the state’s tax system by banning property taxes based on assessed value.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota Republican U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is set to serve in the Senate for another six years after voters stamped his return ticket to Washington.| North Dakota Monitor
FORT YATES, N.D. – Voter turnout in rural North Dakota isn’t always a measure of how many people want to cast a ballot. Sometimes it's a measure of how many people have access to a vehicle.| North Dakota Monitor
When North Dakotans cast ballots during the presidential race, they are not voting for their chosen candidate directly. Instead, they are voting for the three names next to their chosen candidate – the presidential electors.| North Dakota Monitor
Complaints to the North Dakota Ethics Commission have been on the rise since late 2022, though the commission says it can’t disclose any specifics about them.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota is struggling to find a prosecutor to investigate the over-budget construction project and deleted emails involving former Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.| North Dakota Monitor
A search for mammoth bones resumes more than 35 years after being found during the construction of a garage in northwest North Dakota.| North Dakota Monitor
A man who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges and is linked to a former North Dakota state senator was ordered to serve 40 years in prison.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms, the state’s expert on oil during the Bakken boom, announced Wednesday that he is retiring. Helms made his announcement at a meeting of the North Dakota Industrial Commission. “Words cannot begin to describe the immense value that Lynn Helms has brought to North Dakota,” Industrial Commission members […]| North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota Industrial Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to select a candidate who made his career in the oil and gas industry to be the state’s top oil regulator.| North Dakota Monitor
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s former fixer took the stand in a Manhattan courtroom Monday and told jurors that Trump was well aware of a scheme to hide the repayment of money intended to silence porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.| North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota School Boards Association ended a nearly 20-year relationship with international cultural exchange program Global Bridges after a complaint against the association was filed with the North Dakota Ethics Commission.| North Dakota Monitor
Former Sen. Ray Holmberg’s guilty plea on a charge related to child sex tourism may prompt a review of rules governing lawmaker travel, House Majority Leader Rep. Mike Lefor said.| North Dakota Monitor
President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated the number of veterans enrolled in VA health care and benefits as part of a law he signed.| North Dakota Monitor
FARGO – Ray Holmberg, once a powerful state legislator, admitted in federal court Thursday he took multiple trips to Europe with the intent to pay for sexual contact with children. “The boys rent at around $60 (sex is extra),” Holmberg wrote in an email to a friend using the alias Sean Evans, according to prosecutors. […]| North Dakota Monitor
With climate change driving hotter, drier summers across the West, the intensity of recent fire seasons is outpacing workers’ ability to track and analyze fires with the traditional methods. But government agencies and private sector companies like Garimella’s are adapting artificial intelligence technologies in their wildfire monitoring and fighting strategies.| North Dakota Monitor
Both the overall number of abortions and the use of telehealth abortion care continue to increase in the United States, according to the latest #WeCount report released Wednesday.| North Dakota Monitor
Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg has signed an agreement indicating he will plead guilty to a child sex tourism charge.| North Dakota Monitor
Foster County Emergency Manager Andrew Kirking didn’t offer a timeline for the cleanup of a 29-car train derailment, but said this: “It’s going to be my whole summer.”| North Dakota Monitor
Democrats moved quickly Tuesday to back Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of their presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.| North Dakota Monitor
A proposed statewide property tax reform measure would cost the state about $1.3 billion each fiscal year, according to a state estimate.| North Dakota Monitor
More than 60 North Dakota groups have formed a coalition opposing a ballot initiative that would eliminate property taxes based on assessed value. On Thursday, members of Keep It Local held news conferences in Bismarck and Fargo to voice their opposition to the proposed property tax measure and describe how funding local governments would change […]| North Dakota Monitor
And as families around the country begin hockey training camps and wrap up registration for fall leagues, health experts note that many ice rink visitors may be unknowingly suffering from lower-level exposures that can cause long-term damage.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota’s top oil and gas regulator offered some advice Thursday for his successor — “get out of the way.”| North Dakota Monitor
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed contenders to be her running mate over the weekend, continuing a closely watched deliberation that is set to wrap up with an announcement Monday or Tuesday.| North Dakota Monitor
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign over the weekend launched a “Republicans for Harris” initiative, as her campaign looks to court moderate GOP voters and others who don’t support former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid for the White House.| North Dakota Monitor
Unlike other abortion-rights initiatives across the country, major reproductive rights groups haven’t backed the effort to restore access in South Dakota.| North Dakota Monitor
The unemployment rate climbed to 4.3% in July, up 0.2% from June, the Friday employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, alarming some economists who believe the Federal Reserve has waited too long to cut interest rates.| North Dakota Monitor
A former North Dakota legislative leader who is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to a child sexual abuse charge has violated conditions of his release, court records say.| North Dakota Monitor
Supporters say the expansion is needed to support the growth of oil truck traffic and increased population in western North Dakota. Some conservation groups have opposed the widening of the highway near the Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit and the Little Missouri National Grasslands.| North Dakota Monitor
After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022 and abortion was banned in the state of Tennessee, Dr. Danielle Kelvas quit using an app that tracked her menstrual cycle.| North Dakota Monitor
The July 5 train derailment in central North Dakota that caused hazardous materials to spill and catch fire may have involved tank cars that regulators have long identified as flawed. A preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board said some of the 17 tank cars that derailed were reported to include DOT-111 […]| North Dakota Monitor
A ballot initiative that would eliminate assessed value property tax was approved for inclusion on the general election ballot by the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office on Friday.| North Dakota Monitor
The Industrial Commission held off on picking North Dakota’s next top oil regulator for another week to 10 days after public interviews of both finalists.| North Dakota Monitor
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday announced the 13 lawmakers who will make up the bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakotans aren’t big lottery ticket spenders compared to other states, but ticket sales did generate nearly $10 million in revenue for the state for the fiscal year that ended June 30.| North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota delegates to the Democratic National Convention unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris during a virtual meeting on Tuesday.| North Dakota Monitor
Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough endorsements from Democratic delegates to make her the party’s presidential nominee, according to unofficial delegate trackers.| North Dakota Monitor
President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday, creating an unprecedented vacancy atop the Democratic ticket .| North Dakota Monitor
A search committee to find the next director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources on Friday selected two finalists.| North Dakota Monitor
A legislative leader defended a colleague charged with a conflict-of-interest crime, arguing that the regulatory body that referred the lawmaker for prosecution is punishing legislators for breaking rules that are too confusing to understand.| North Dakota Monitor
Lawmakers are required to speak out if they believe they have a personal or private interest in the outcome of a bill — a policy intended to prevent officials from using their positions for their own personal gain. But conflict declarations are extremely rare. State lawmakers claimed conflicts on bills just three times in 2023.| North Dakota Monitor
Complaint against Bismarck lawmaker questions campaign ads, donations| North Dakota Monitor
Trump insults Harris, makes false claims, quarrels with Black journalists at conference| North Dakota Monitor
A research project in North Dakota is studying underground carbon storage with results that could benefit ranchers.| North Dakota Monitor
WASHINGTON — A former Pennsylvania police officer who joined the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that delayed the certification of the 2020 presidential election results cannot be charged with obstructing an official proceeding unless a lower court finds otherwise, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.| North Dakota Monitor
‘Sacred Return’: Tribal ceremony honors birth of prophesied white buffalo calf| North Dakota Monitor
Today’s primary election includes many races with conservative Republicans trying to unseat lawmakers they view as too moderate.| North Dakota Monitor
