BISMARCK (AP) — When North Dakota's petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum. The two-term Republican, now President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department, co-hosted the event — at the ...
(AP) — The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to boost fossil fuel production. The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined ...
BISMARCK (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. North Dakota is ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press 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 ...
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state’s highest court ruled Friday. That appeal has yet to fully play out in the state Supreme Court after a judge struck down the law in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn't eligible for parole again until ...
(AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden ...
BISMARCK (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. The plan by Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong would start ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press 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. The plan by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation, rejecting a challenge by local Republican officials. The Republicans' lawsuit had previously been rejected by a three-judge court that found North Dakota lawmakers had ...
