The Latest Breaking News from North Dakota

Nearly half of Americans will now live in states where weed is legal after Maryland and Missouri passed legalisation referendums on Tuesday

Elsewhere, natural psychedelic drugs were on the ballot

Voters have approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri and rejected it in Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota

On Tuesday, citizens in five (mostly red) states voted on whether or not to legalize cannabis for adult use.

Voters have approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and rejected it in Arkansas and North Dakota in elections seen as a test of legalization’s support in even the most conservative parts of the country

Since approving medical marijuana by a wide margin in 2016, North Dakotans have said no twice to allowing recreational use.

Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong hopes to claim a third term for North Dakota’s sole U.S. House seat on Tuesday in a race that was upended by the late entry of former Miss America Cara Mund

Republican John Hoeven faces a defector from his own party and a lightly funded Democrat on Tuesday in his race for a third U.S. Senate term from North Dakota

In November, five states will decide on marijuana legalization ballot measures. In the central U.S., voters in Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota will consider citizen initiatives to legalize marijuana. These four states are Republican trifectas. In Maryland, which has a divided government, the legislature voted to put the…

President Joe Biden, who delivered what is likely to be an ineffective speech Wednesday night on the perils faced by American democracy, might want to keep in mind Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota.

Donors associated with companies holding medical marijuana licenses are providing most of the funding for ballot measures that would legalize recreational marijuana in several states