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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal Voting Rights Act went even further Wednesday toward blocking lawsuits over alleged racial bias in voting in seven Midwest states.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- When North Dakota voters approved term limits for state legislators, they specified that the Legislature couldn't seek to change the new restrictions.
A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A longtime, powerful former North Dakota lawmaker, who is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with minors, exploited vulnerable boys and young men for decades, a federal prosecutor said last week in court documents.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A group backed by Elon Musk is running ads targeting conservative Republican legislators in several states over their support of a federal drug pricing program. No one seems as surprised about the effort as the lawmakers themselves.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota lawmakers are on the verge of making their state the first to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- When Fargo voters approved a unique local election system in 2018, their goal was to choose candidates with broader support to lead North Dakota's largest city.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's decades-long efforts to aid farmers by reshaping the weather through "cloud seeding" is facing fierce opposition in the state Capitol, where legislation could outlaw the practice, which is used across the West and has drawn global interest to one of the nation's least populous states.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state's constitution.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors will go to trial Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state's constitution.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota could become the first state to eventually end property taxes on people's homes under a proposal from the state's new governor that combines conservative fiscal policy with the state's enormous oil wealth.
STANTON, N.D. (AP) -- The adult son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison Monday in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy's vehicle, killing the deputy.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has given his choice for Interior secretary a mandate to "Drill baby drill," and on Wednesday his pick, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, offered a rosy budget picture to lawmakers based largely on his state's success in extracting near-record levels of oil and gas from the ground.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state:
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota voters rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes, which critics said would have led to dramatic cuts in state services.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes, which critics said would have led to dramatic cuts in state services.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won election as North Dakota's next governor.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota voters could outlaw most local property taxes, likely leading to dramatic cuts in state services, under a measure on Tuesday's general election ballot.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A Republican U.S. senator from North Dakota who wrested the seat away from a Democrat in 2018 is facing a challenge Tuesday from another Democrat making her second Senate run.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota voters this fall could largely end property taxes by approving a ballot measure that opponents say would drastically slash a variety of state services but supporters argue would provide long-sought relief the state can afford.
South Dakota removed hundreds of people from the state's voter rolls as general election voting was underway because an agency mistakenly marked the residents' citizenship status on a government form.
South Dakota's top elections official has removed hundreds of people from the state's voter rolls as general election voting is underway -- a move she defends as necessary to ensure election integrity but that opponents say is illegal and could disenfranchise valid voters.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A proposed ballot measure in North Dakota that sought to require hand-counting of every election ballot, among other proposals, won't advance.
An anti-abortion group's lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota's statewide ballot won't be resolved until after the November election.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down the state's abortion ban until the state Supreme Court rules on a planned appeal.
A newly released, state-produced video intended to help doctors comply with South Dakota's strict abortion law isn't specific enough to ensure health care professionals don't violate the regulations and open themselves up for prosecution, a group of abortion rights supporters said Friday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota lawmakers on Friday struggled to pin down the full financial impact of legalizing recreational marijuana, a factor voters will see when they decide a ballot measure on the issue this November.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A high-profile former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in federal court to traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A county canvassing board in North Dakota rejected the absentee ballot of Kathryn Burgum, the wife of Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, from the June election.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is little-known on the national stage but is now a top choice to be former President Donald Trump' s vice presidential running mate.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- For most of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's two terms in office, he approached the job like a CEO running a business.
An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has sued to block an abortion rights measure from the November ballot.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won Tuesday's Republican primary for governor of North Dakota, while longtime public utilities regulator Julie Fedorchak finished first in a rambunctious GOP race for the House seat he will vacate. Each will be in a commanding position for the November general election in the conservative state.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won Tuesday's Republican primary for governor of North Dakota, where voters were also deciding a rambunctious GOP race for the House seat he will vacate. Each winner will be in a commanding position for the November general election in the conservative state.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota's Republican primary for governor, setting him up for a likely general election victory in the conservative state in November.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Voters are settling a rambunctious Republican primary contest Tuesday for North Dakota's only U.S. House seat and a competitive race for governor, with each winner putting themselves in a commanding position for the November general election.
Voters in three small South Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected initiated measures to require hand-counting of ballots in future elections.
Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded conspiracy theories stemming from the 2020 presidential election.