North Dakota school boards pushed back on a Senate bill that would require public comment periods during regular meetings of local subdivisions. Sen. Bob Paulson, R-Minot, said he is sponsoring Senate Bill 2180 in response to complaints he’s heard from around the state.

Two bills with the goal of making breakfast and lunch free for K-12 students have been officially introduced by the state legislature with bipartisan support.

A first-of-its-kind investment gives an ethanol producer in North Dakota $205 million for stashing emissions underground. The EPA and Justice Department reached a settlement with Marathon Oil, resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Signs in protest of a carbon pipeline project sit along Highway 281 south of Ellendale, North Dakota, on Nov. 12, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Several bills related to carbon capture pipelines are set for hearings this week in the North Dakota Legislature covering topics including eminent domain,

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is seeking contractors to perform habitat work on Private Land Open To Sportsmen program lands across the state and encourages businesses to add their names to a list of available contractors.

VELVA, N.D. (KMOT) - A state champion is joining the national champions. Velva’s Ben Schepp is headed to Fargo. The senior announced his commitment to NDSU football on Monday afternoon. Schepp was the starting quarterback for V-D-A-G state titles in 2022 and 2024 and had two interceptions on defense in the 2024 Dakota Bowl against Kindred.

North Dakota school districts would be required to develop a cellphone policy but retain control over what is in that policy under a bill passed Monday by the House. House Bill 1160 originally banned cellphone use by public school students during class but was made less restrictive.

North Dakota lawmakers have revived a bill that would let children be with their mothers in prison.

A bill that would reduce the time it takes for a North Dakota teacher to earn a lifetime educator license passed through the House by a substantial margin Friday, Jan. 24. Representatives voted 79-12 to advance House Bill 1238,

North Dakota lawmakers are considering whether to establish punishments for public schools that defy state mandates barring transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.