North Dakota News Cooperative

1 week ago | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

With North Dakota reporting its first measles case since 2011 on May 2, local health authorities are bracing for further spread as outbreaks of the highly infectious disease increase across the country. The case appeared in an unvaccinated child in Williams County who authorities believe contracted the disease from an out-of-state visitor.

2 weeks ago | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

Trump administration 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.

2 months ago | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

A sizeable majority of North Dakotans believe legislators got it wrong when they rejected two bills that would have fully funded school meals during the first half of the current legislative session, according to a new statewide poll. A total of 70% of likely voters said rejecting the funding of school meals for all K-12 students was the wrong decision. Only 19% said it was the right decision, the latest North Dakota Poll found.

Jan 22, 2025 | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

Former university leaders are raising concern about the lack of women in top leadership positions at North Dakota’s 11 public higher education institutions. Currently only one has a woman president or CEO. This comes at a time when the State Board of Higher Education is beginning the process of filling president vacancies at campuses in Bismarck, Dickinson and Devils Lake. In addition, North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott will leave his position toward the end of the year.

Nov 26, 2024 | newscoopnd.org | Michael Standaert

Republicans in North Dakota appear to be souring on the state’s 2023 law banning abortion, a new poll indicates. Only 54% of Republicans support the law now compared to 71% who supported it one year ago. The poll, commissioned by the North Dakota News Cooperative, also shows overall support has slipped. Total support among adults in the state now stands at 38%. A majority are now opposed to the law at 55%. In NDNC polling done last November, 44% supported the ban and 48% opposed.