Tuesday, October 15, 2024

North Dakota State Wire

25 governors demand answers on how many migrants flown to states

Wed, 09 Oct 2024
25 governors demand answers on how many migrants flown to states

(The Center Square) – Twenty-five Republican governors want to know how many illegal foreign nationals have been flown into their states by a Biden-Harris administration plan they argue is burdening their residents and creating an unsafe environment.

Those being... Read more


Report: Unrealistic accounting poses risks to state budgets

Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Report: Unrealistic accounting poses risks to state budgets

(The Center Square) – Although nearly all states must balance their budgets, a new study by government finance watchdog Truth in Accounting suggests that most ran substantial deficits in fiscal 2023 once hidden costs are calculated.

The Read more


Vance, Walz debate economy, immigration, abortion in tight presidential race

Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Vance, Walz debate economy, immigration, abortion in tight presidential race

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz exchanged barbs on the debate stage Tuesday night in what may be the final debate before Election Day just five weeks away.

CBS News anchors... Read more


Twenty state AGs challenge gender dysphoria guidance and methodology

Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Twenty state AGs challenge gender dysphoria guidance and methodology

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 20-state coalition to question the American Academy of Pediatrics practices with child gender dysphoria.

In a letter, originally written by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the AGs put... Read more


Attorneys general file amicus brief supporting victims of Hamas attack

Mon, 23 Sep 2024
Attorneys general file amicus brief supporting victims of Hamas attack

(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed an amicus brief to a federal court, leading a coalition of 22 state attorneys general.

The prosecutors urge the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia... Read more


North Dakota to appeal order striking down state's abortion law

Thu, 12 Sep 2024
North Dakota to appeal order striking down state's abortion law

(The Center Square) - North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the state will appeal a district court decision to strike down North Dakota's abortion law.

South Central District Court Judge Bruce Romanick said Thursday the law was unconstitutional... Read more


Federal government could slash oil lease opportunities in a top producing state

Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Federal government could slash oil lease opportunities in a top producing state

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s updated Resource Management Plan for North Dakota could cost the state $34 million a year for the next 30 years, North Dakota officials said in a protest filed with the agency.

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Twenty-three states ask Supreme Court to reverse energy-related decision

Thu, 05 Sep 2024
Twenty-three states ask Supreme Court to reverse energy-related decision

(The Center Square) – Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry.

A brief filed this week by Louisiana Attorney... Read more


Judge pauses Sec. of Education's third attempt at student loan forgiveness

Thu, 05 Sep 2024
Judge pauses Sec. of Education's third attempt at student loan forgiveness

(The Center Square) – U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to stop a third attempt at forgiving student loans.

“... Defendants are restrained from mass... Read more


More than 134,000 approved for North Dakota's new primary residence credit

Wed, 04 Sep 2024
More than 134,000 approved for North Dakota's new primary residence credit

(The Center Square) – More than 138,000 North Dakotans applied for the new primary residence credit, and 134,893 applications were approved, Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus told a legislative committee on Wednesday.

Approved North Dakotans received $500 toward their property... Read more


GOP attorneys general seek to stop new attempt at forgiveness of student loans

Wed, 04 Sep 2024
GOP attorneys general seek to stop new attempt at forgiveness of student loans

(The Center Square) – A lawsuit filed by seven Republican attorneys general is alleging U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is circumventing legal processes to cancel student loans.

In a 50-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in... Read more


Recommendations from teacher task force up to North Dakota Legislature

Fri, 30 Aug 2024
Recommendations from teacher task force up to North Dakota Legislature

(The Center Square) - The North Dakota Teacher Retention and Recruitment Task Force is recommending a teacher mentorship program and a study on a health insurance pool, but how and if they are funded will be up to the North Dakota Legislature.

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Mountain states among most 2nd Amendment supportive

Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Mountain states among most 2nd Amendment supportive

(The Center Square) – Mountain States are among the most gun-friendly states in 2024.

The rankings come from ammunition e-commerce and wholesaler company Ammo.com.

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Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

Wed, 28 Aug 2024
Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.

The coalition of... Read more


Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to student loan forgiveness block

Wed, 28 Aug 2024
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to student loan forgiveness block

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a request from the Biden administration over a block of a student-loan forgiveness plan.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led the multi-state effort to block the plan introduced... Read more


South Dakota Supreme Court remands Summit Carbon Pipeline case to lower court

Fri, 23 Aug 2024
South Dakota Supreme Court remands Summit Carbon Pipeline case to lower court

(The Center Square) - The South Dakota Supreme Court is asking a lower court to revisit questions about the status of Summit Carbon Solutions and its authorization to conduct surveys on private land.

The company announced the 2,500-mile pipeline... Read more


16 state coalition sues Biden administration to block amnesty plan

Fri, 23 Aug 2024
16 state coalition sues Biden administration to block amnesty plan

(The Center Square) – A 16-state coalition led by Texas has sued the Biden administration to stop a widespread amnesty plan from going into effect.

They did so two months after President Joe Biden announced the plan designed to... Read more


15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

Tue, 20 Aug 2024
15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by Kansas has sued the Biden-Harris administration to block the federal government from providing free health care through the taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally.

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Marijuana legalization is the fifth North Dakota ballot question

Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Marijuana legalization is the fifth North Dakota ballot question

(The Center Square) - North Dakota voters now have five ballot questions to decide in the Nov. 5 election.

Secretary of State Michael Howe said supporters of a measure to legalize marijuana gathered enough signatures to get the issue... Read more


Nine states file lawsuit to stop Biden voter registration executive order

Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Nine states file lawsuit to stop Biden voter registration executive order

(The Center Square) – Nine states have filed a lawsuit this week to stop President Joe Biden's executive order concerning federal workers and voter registration.

The states say that the federal bureaucracy is inserting itself into state electoral systems... Read more