The Latest Breaking News from North Dakota

North Dakota oil production rough patch continues

North Dakota's oil industry posted another tepid month in November with production falling 2.1 %.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

North Dakota weighs ban of 'sexually explicit' library books

Amid a national wave of attempted book banning on LGBTQ subject matter, a North Dakota House panel heard arguments on a bill that would prohibit “sexually explicit” content – including depictions of sexual or gender identity – from public libraries, and would criminalize librarians who continue to display it

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

The U.S. renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman

The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, and complete a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word "squaw" from geographic names across the country.

WEKU · Jan 13, 2023

North Dakota governor bans TikTok in executive agencies

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has banned the popular social media app TikTok from devices owned by the state government’s executive branch, joining several other Republican governors who have done so citing the platform’s Chinese ownership and growing national security worries

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

North Dakota A.G.: Teacher Training Funds Program Open to Teachers at Private (Including Religious) Schools

From a formal Attorney General opinion (no. 2022-L-07) responding to a query by the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board; it is dated Nov. 29, but was just posted on Westlaw: … [Y]ou ask (1) whether private school teachers who are also mentors may participate in the Teacher Support…

Reason · Dec 13, 2022

ND high court asked to lift injunction against abortion ban

An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an injunction that had blocked the state’s abortion ban, saying a lower court judge was wrong to grant it

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Golfweek’s Best 2022: Top public and private courses in North Dakota

Wide-open skies and a river valley add to the scene at the No. 1-rated public course in North Dakota.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 15, 2022

Where recreational marijuana failed to pass in the 2022 midterms

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

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Five states voted on adult-use marijuana

Elsewhere, natural psychedelic drugs were on the ballot

Salon · Nov 9, 2022

Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri

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

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022