Government and politics

image
BusinessDec 5, 2022

Panel keeps electronic pull tab moratorium in place

A North Dakota legislative panel has refused to change a rule that creates a moratorium on electronic pull tab machines at gas stations and liquor, grocery and convenience stores

BusinessNov 30, 2022

North Dakota lawmakers to organize for 2023 Legislature

North Dakota lawmakers will return to Bismarck next week to prepare for the 2023 Legislature

image
Social affairsNov 29, 2022

ND high court asked to lift injunction against abortion ban

An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an injunction that had blocked the state’s abortion ban, saying a lower court judge was wrong to grant it

Government and politicsNov 23, 2022

Grand Forks House seat close enough for mandatory recount

North Dakota’s vote canvassing board has met to certify the results of Nov. 8 election, including a legislative contest that was close enough to force an automatic recount

Government and politicsNov 22, 2022

North Dakota AG Wrigley: Deleted emails 'irretrievable'

Republican North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says an outside tech firm failed to resurrect the deleted email accounts held by his predecessor Wayne Stenehjem and Stenehjem’s deputy

HealthNov 21, 2022

N. Dakota faults judge's reasoning in blocking abortion ban

The North Dakota attorney general’s office says a judge did not use a “rational mental process” when determining there was a “substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the state’s abortion ban would succeed

Government and politicsNov 21, 2022

Former tribal official sentenced to prison for bribery

A former Three Affiliated Tribes official was sentenced Monday to six years and three months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that involved soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a construction contractor on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

image
Government and politicsNov 18, 2022

VandeWalle announces retirement from North Dakota high court

North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Gerald VandeWalle says he will retire on Jan. 31 for health reasons

General newsNov 16, 2022

AG Wrigley wants funding boost for crime lab, investigators

Newly elected Attorney General Drew Wrigley says he will ask the North Dakota Legislature to boost his agency’s budget to expand the state crime lab and hire more officers to work with federal law enforcement on American Indian reservations