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While a little over a century ago women obtained the right to vote in North Dakota, it took decades more to be treated as equals at traditionally male occupations like agriculture.

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups.

In late April, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins attributed a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the tamping down of fraud and an improved economy.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP, May 6, 2026) — Across the country, Indigenous people are gathering this week to honor loved ones who are missing or have been killed and to call for better data collection, law enforcement response and reforms to make their communities safer.

According to an official press release from the Spirit Lake Nation, the Spirit Lake Tribal Incident Command, in coordination with the Jemini Posey family, will conduct an organized community search effort on the weekend of May 9 and 10.

Support is strong across the board in North Dakota for cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the latest North Dakota Poll.

Werner Kunkel will continue to remain in the custody of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR), as the 30-day stay initially filed has been extended after an appeal was filed by Ramsey County State’s Attorney Daniel Howell regarding the overturning of Kunkel’s conviction in late February.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP, Apr 24, 2026) — Nearly a year after the assassination of a Minnesota legislative leader, lawmakers across the U.S. have worked to fortify security in state capitols and improve safeguards when officials are in their communities.

Voting-age North Dakotans are largely split on support for military action against Iran two months into the deadlocked conflict, according to a new North Dakota Poll.