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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Jasahd Stewart |Lydia Hoverson
By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor)A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court by Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Christopher Potts.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Jasahd Stewart
By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)North Dakota legislative support staff on Saturday wiped legislators’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers in Minnesota. John Bjornson, director of Legislative Council, said he made the decision Saturday morning hearing about the shootings that left one Minnesota legislator dead and another seriously wounded. “I think everybody was shocked and shaken,” Bjornson said.
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3 weeks ago | 
mydakotan.com | Jasahd Stewart |Kim Fundingsland
By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor)A record number of people sought services from North Dakota domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy centers in 2024, a statewide coalition reported this week. The statistics include more than 6,300 victims of domestic violence and nearly 1,400 victims of sexual assault, according to the North Dakota Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalition.
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1 month ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Jasahd Stewart
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•Impact Dakota lead a food safety certification program in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2025. (photo courtesy of Impact Dakota)Impact Dakota lead a food safety certification program in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2025. (photo courtesy of Impact Dakota)By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)The North Dakota program that provides training and support to manufacturers in the state faces an uncertain future if federal funding is cut.
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1 month ago | 
mydakotan.com | Lydia Hoverson |Jasahd Stewart |Nicole DesRosier |Kim Fundingsland
By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor)Every meeting of a public board in North Dakota will be required to hold a public comment period during each of its meetings beginning Aug. 1. Senate Bill 2180, signed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong on April 30, requires local subdivisions, school districts, park districts and water resource boards to give meeting attendees the opportunity to make public comments to the board during their meetings.
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1 month ago | 
mydakotan.com | Jasahd Stewart |Kim Fundingsland |Lydia Hoverson |Jonathan Starr
By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor)The North Dakota Legislature removed $50 million in state funding for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library endowment, but indicated the proposal may be back next session. The funding was removed from the Department of Commerce budget in a compromise between the House and the Senate. The House earlier had advanced the proposal to help the library with operational costs, but some objected to the funding being proposed so late in the session.
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2 months ago | 
mydakotan.com | Rick Becker |Kim Fundingsland |Lydia Hoverson |Jasahd Stewart
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong presents to lawmakers at the Capitol on Jan. 15, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong presents to lawmakers at the Capitol on Jan. 15, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)North Dakota Gov.
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2 months ago | 
mydakotan.com | Lydia Hoverson |Kim Fundingsland |Jasahd Stewart
By: Michael Achterling(ND Monitor)The North Dakota Senate this week added funding to a budget bill to help communities that lost federal grants for infrastructure projects. Sen. Jeff Magrum, R-Hazelton, who introduced an amendment to House Bill 1577 on the Senate floor Thursday, said he’s noticed some “hiccups” involving federal fund distribution. The Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled about $20 million in grants designated for North Dakota projects.
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2 months ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Jasahd Stewart
By: Mary Steurer(ND Monitor)A North Dakota federal judge ruled this week that a group of Catholic employers do not have to follow new federal regulations meant to protect workers’ access to abortion and fertility treatment, and to shield LGBTQ employees from discrimination. The order, released Tuesday by Judge Daniel Traynor, relates to two documents issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year.
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2 months ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Lydia Hoverson |Jasahd Stewart
By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)The North Dakota Legislature will continue to meet every other year after the Senate on Monday defeated a bill to meet annually. House Bill 1408 called for shorter legislative sessions every year. It was seen by advocates as a way for North Dakota to be more nimble and to make it easier for more people to run for the Legislature, especially as the effects of the state’s term limits is expected to result in more turnover in the Legislature. Sen.
