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North Dakota News

ND judge to decide whether to throw out a challenge to state’s abortion ban

BISMARCK (AP) — Attorneys argued Tuesday over whether a North Dakota judge should toss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, with the state saying the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals, and the plaintiffs saying key issues remain to be resolved at a scheduled trial. State ...

Sentinel program review: Maintain full ICBM fleet

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, issued the following statement on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released the results of a review of the Sentinel program, which concluded it remains vital to national security for the U.S. to modernize the full ...

Plane is ready, fundraisers are booked: Trump’s VP search in its final days

NEW YORK (AP) — The future Republican vice presidential candidate’s plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that’s left: an announcement from former ...

Tribe soon to begin greenhouse operation

BISMARCK (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed will be among the country's largest, enabling the tribe to grow much of its own food decades after a federal dam flooded the land where they had cultivated ...

Organizers file petitions to place recreational marijuana on ballot

BISMARCK (AP) — Organizers of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota submitted petition signatures on Monday, likely setting up another statewide vote on the issue that voters and state lawmakers have previously defeated. The New Economic Frontier measure ...

Takeaways: A possible Trump VP pick grapples with supporting a CO2 pipeline

By JACK DURA and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has emerged as a serious contender to be Donald Trump's running mate. He's one of the president's most loyal and vocal backers and brings executive experience, business savvy and close ...

US Rep. Armstrong wins ND’s GOP primary for governor

Fedorchak will face Hammer for House seat; congressional age cap approved BISMARCK (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 ...

Group backs out of teacher exchange program amid ex-ND lawmaker’s charges

BISMARCK (AP) — A North Dakota school boards organization has returned over $140,000 to the state and ended its role in a teacher exchange program months after an indictment was unsealed against a former state lawmaker, who traveled to Europe on the state funds and later was accused of ...

Boys find T. rex fossil in ND, Denver museum works to fully reveal it

(AP) — Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they made a discovery that left them "completely speechless": a Tyrannosaurus rex bone poking out of the ground. The trio announced their discovery publicly Monday at a ...