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@northdakotamonitor.comAs they await a federal decision on a potential nationwide ban on telehealth abortions, anti-abortion activists plan to push more states to require women to visit a doctor’s office, get an ultrasound or wait before they can get abortion pills.
Via @stateline.org
@northdakotamonitor.comState laws on kratom, 7-OH diverge amid the spread of potent synthetic products
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@northdakotamonitor.comThe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday filed a new lawsuit to try to shut down the Dakota Access oil pipeline, continuing a decadelong battle over the project.
@northdakotamonitor.comA North Dakota judge ruled Friday that state rules on where infrastructure such as pipelines can be built do not automatically trump local zoning ordinances.
@northdakotamonitor.comA growing number of voters are taking their anger about affordability to the polls this midterm election and blaming President Donald Trump’s tariffs as a culprit for rising expenses, polls show.
@northdakotamonitor.comThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week that it expects to complete its long-awaited safety review of abortion pills by mid-December and issue a report evaluating the results by March 2027.
@northdakotamonitor.com🎧️ New podcast episode: The state-owned Bank of North Dakota has launched a pilot program for Roughrider Coin, a dollar-backed digital asset that uses blockchain technology.
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@northdakotamonitor.comThree challengers for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat listed their priorities during a debate Thursday on Prairie Public while criticizing the Republican incumbent for not participating.
@northdakotamonitor.comMillions of dollars from national and in-state groups have gone into campaigns telling North Dakotans how they should vote this fall on whether to make it harder to change the state constitution and provide free meals to school children.
@northdakotamonitor.comUS Senate candidates in 9 key races quiet about Social Security benefits cliff, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com
@northdakotamonitor.comA newcomer to North Dakota politics is running for the state’s sole U.S. House seat as an independent.
@northdakotamonitor.comCOMMENTARY from Jack Zaleski: The uproar in North Dakota about the wisdom or foolhardiness of data centers is the 21st century version of a long-standing contention in the state.
@northdakotamonitor.comA judge has upheld a North Dakota environmental agency’s permit issued for what is planned to be the state’s largest dairy farm.
@janenorman.bsky.socialReposted by @northdakotamonitor.comJOIN STATES NEWSROOM FOR THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS: We have a new page on our @statesnewsroom.com News from the States national website chock full of election news from 50 states and updated all the time. Take a look
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@northdakotamonitor.comEvery child in the United States with a valid Social Security number is now enrolled in a tax-advantaged investment account, titled a “Trump Account,” President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
@northdakotamonitor.comSuperintendent of Public Instruction candidate Tracy Foss supports annual bonuses for teachers, but sees the proposal as a temporary fix that does not address underlying education and teacher retention issues.
@northdakotamonitor.comThe number of women in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to increase and may decline following the November midterm elections, though there are still opportunities for candidates to make history in the upper chamber.
@northdakotamonitor.comNorth Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong and his campaign fund have given about $430,000 in support to Republican statewide and legislative candidates this year, more than one-quarter of which went to one state officeholder he appointed.
@northdakotamonitor.comNorth Dakota’s special legislative session last month cost about $220,000, according to the Legislature’s staff agency.
@northdakotamonitor.comMinnkota Power Cooperative plans to add a natural gas-fired power plant in Cass County, taking advantage of a planned pipeline to supply the gas from western North Dakota.
