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4 days ago | 
mydakotan.com | Hailey Gomez |Jonathan Starr |Kim Fundingsland
By: Hailey GomezTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Sunday that “substantial progress” was made with China during key trade talks in Switzerland, adding more information will be released Monday. After weeks of a tariff standoff between the U.S. and China, Bessent told Fox News he’d be meeting with Chinese officials Saturday in Switzerland.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Shauneen Miranda
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks about her bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (Screenshot via U.S. House Clerk livestream)U.S. Rep.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Jonathan Starr |Tayton Hjelmstad
BY: ND Monitor StaffThe Trump administration has nominated North Dakota district court judge Nicholas Chase to be the next U.S. attorney for North Dakota, U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer announced Wednesday. Chase is an East Central Judicial District judge with chambers in Fargo. He was appointed to the position in 2022 by then-Gov. Doug Burgum.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Lydia Hoverson |Kim Fundingsland
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•Tom Campbell has been appointed North Dakota’s USDA Rural Development state director. (Photo provided by USDA Rural Development)Tom Campbell has been appointed North Dakota’s USDA Rural Development state director. (Photo provided by USDA Rural Development)By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)A former Republican state senator in North Dakota has been appointed to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development state director.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Greg Demme |Lydia Hoverson
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, the prime sponsor of a bill to raise North Dakota’s interstate speed limit to 80 mph, sits at his desk May 2, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, the prime sponsor of a bill to raise North Dakota’s interstate speed limit to 80 mph, sits at his desk May 2, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor)North Dakota Gov.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Nicole DesRosier |Lydia Hoverson
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•John Harris, president and CEO of Prairie Public Broadcasting, speaks March 7, 2025, during a legislative committee hearing about state and federal funding for the organization. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)John Harris, president and CEO of Prairie Public Broadcasting, speaks March 7, 2025, during a legislative committee hearing about state and federal funding for the organization.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Michael Achterling |Lydia Hoverson
By: Michael Achterling and Amy Dalrymple (North Dakota Monitor)The North Dakota House and Senate compromised on a property tax package Friday, acting on one of the Legislature’s top priorities hours before the session wrapped up early Saturday. The property tax bill creates a $1,600 primary residence credit, more than triple the amount homeowners receive now.
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1 week ago | 
mydakotan.com | Lydia Hoverson |Kim Fundingsland
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan•North Dakota Ethics Commissioner Murray Sagsveen, left, and Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, talk while walking in the hall of the Capitol on May 1, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)North Dakota Ethics Commissioner Murray Sagsveen, left, and Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, talk while walking in the hall of the Capitol on May 1, 2025.
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1 week 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 weeks ago | 
mydakotan.com | Kim Fundingsland |Lydia Hoverson
Written byThe Dakotan| The Dakotan• Sen. Dean Rummel, R-Dickinson, speaks on the Senate floor next to Sen. Diane Larson, R-Bismarck, on May 1, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) Sen. Dean Rummel, R-Dickinson, speaks on the Senate floor next to Sen. Diane Larson, R-Bismarck, on May 1, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor)The Senate defeated a bill Thursday that would have expanded income tax cuts to more North Dakotans.