Michael Standaert

Bismarck

Enterprise Journalist at North Dakota News Cooperative

Correspondent with North Dakota News Cooperative. @NDNewsCoop As of April 2022, back in the US after 16 years in China. Reach out at [email protected]

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Articles

North Dakota well-positioned to deal with proposed Medicaid changes

4 days ago | bismarcktribune.com | Michael Standaert

Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are unlikely to lead to major challenges for North Dakota's health care system, but implementing new work and eligibility requirements could lead to extra bureaucratic headaches. Concerns also remain that some people may lose coverage because of the changes and slip through the cracks of the health care system.
Ukrainians in North Dakota face slow walk out the door as status expires

4 days ago | inforum.com | Michael Standaert

FARGO — In mid-June Yaroslav Riazanov’s upended life will change once again. The 27-year-old who drove trucks and worked construction around Fargo for the past two years as a Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) parolee will no longer be able to work. Riazanov is fine. He’s in the prime of his life. He has no forthcoming surgery or anything that could make him physically incapable of working. Only his paperwork will change.
Proposed Medicaid changes unlikely to pose major challenges in North Dakota

1 week ago | inforum.com | Michael Standaert

BISMARCK — Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are unlikely to lead to major challenges for the state’s health care system, but implementing new work and eligibility requirements could lead to extra bureaucratic headaches, officials said. Concerns also remain that some people may lose coverage because of the changes and slip through the cracks of the health care system.
AmeriCorps cuts hit rural ND schools, communities

2 weeks ago | journalnd.com | Michael Standaert

Some programs left intact, but their future is still uncertain Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant.
AmeriCorps cuts hit rural North Dakota schools, communities

2 weeks ago | devilslakejournal.com | Michael Standaert

While some program funding continues, concerns over further cuts remain Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant.
AmeriCorps cuts hit rural North Dakota schools, communities

2 weeks ago | bismarcktribune.com | Michael Standaert

Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant. Sweeping cuts of around $400 million in grants by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency on April 25 ended Rosene’s work and that of dozens of other AmeriCorps members across the state.
State prepares for measles spread amidst declining vaccination rates

3 weeks ago | devilslakejournal.com | Michael Standaert

Large outbreak could burden local healthcare Williams County in North Dakota now has 4 confirmed cases. (See sidebar addition to this story for most recent update from the AP.)Manitoba has also reported probable cases.
AmeriCorps cuts hit rural North Dakota schools, communities

3 weeks ago | inforum.com | Michael Standaert

BISMARCK — Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant. Sweeping cuts of around $400 million in grants by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency on April 25 ended Rosene’s work and that of dozens of other AmeriCorps members across the state.
AmeriCorps cuts hit rural North Dakota schools, communities

3 weeks ago | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

Bryon Rosene is in his ninth year as a paraprofessional in the Elgin-New Leipzig Public School system, and was, until recently, an AmeriCorps participant. Sweeping cuts of around $400 million in grants by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency on April 25 ended Rosene’s work and that of dozens of other AmeriCorps members across the state.
North Dakota institutions feel effects of sweeping federal funding cuts

1 month ago | bismarcktribune.com | Michael Standaert

The Trump administration's orders to slash funding across the country have put the future of some programs offered by the State Library of North Dakota at risk. Other federal funding cuts have already hit research at the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University in health, science and the humanities. Pending cuts have programs on edge about their future, potentially impacting citizens whose lives are enriched by those programs.