BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 2 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: * * * "Women's lives and doctors' livelihoods are at risk with this law." Dem-NPL Lawmaker Says after Abortion Ban upheld by 2 of 5 Justices Today, three (3) of North Dakota's five (5) Supreme Court Justices found the state's abortion ban unconstitutional, however, North Dakota law requires a supermajority to overturn the law, so it was upheld. Representative Karla Rose Hanson (D-Fargo)  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Congressional Review Act is Direct Attack on Public Lands Management * WASHINGTON, D.C. Overturning five land-management plans in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Alaska through Congressional Review Act resolutions, which the president signed into law, is a direct attack on public input, science, and responsible stewardship of public lands, wildlife, water, In  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer to Host Trump Administration Officials for First in Nation WOTUS Listening Session * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced a proposed rule, Updated Definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The proposed rule clarifies definitions after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA limited the f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSFR) -- A group of individuals and trusts from Florida, Oregon, New York and South Carolina, collectively forming the Sogard Family Shareholder Group, has filed an application with the Federal Reserve System to retain voting shares in American State Bank Holding Co. Inc., Williston, North Dakota. The applicants are Barrett W. Sogard of Gainesville, Florida; Isabella M. Sogard of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Oliver T. Sogard of Horseheads, New York; and Thomas P. Sogard of Charlest  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak applauds FY26 NDAA passage * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) released the following statement after voting in favor of S. 1071 (link is external), The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026: "This is a strong defense bill that reinforces peace through strength and helps maintain America's edge by giving our service members the tools, trainin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak cosponsors legislation to fix Obamacare's failures with Health Freedom Accounts * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) joined her colleagues in introducing the More Affordable Care Act (link is external) (MACA). Led by Reps. August Pfluger (R-TX) and Aaron Bean (R-FL) in the House and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) in the Senate, the legislation focuses on four major refor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak introduces High-Capacity Grid Act to modernize America's transmission system * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today introduced the High-Capacity Grid Act, legislation to modernize America's transmission system by requiring the use of best-available transmission conductors for new interstate transmission lines and rebuilds. "America cannot afford to build ye  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak joins Axios' Chuck McCutcheon to discuss permitting reform * Washington, D.C. During a discussion on permitting reform and increasing AI-driven power demand, Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) emphasized that U.S. policy must focus on stabilizing, optimizing, and growing our energy resources. She highlighted the need to streamline federal processes, strengthen grid reliability, an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak joins President Trump at the White House for bill signing * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) joined President Trump at the White House today for the signing of her joint resolution, H.J. Res. 105, to overturn the Biden administration's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota. "The Biden administration failed to recogniz  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak legislation to rename Casselton post office after Commander Olson advances to Senate * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) spoke on the House Floor today in support of her legislation to rename the Casselton post office at 840 Front Street in honor of hometown hero Commander Delbert Austin Olson. The bill passed the House with unanimous support. This effort is pa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak statement on President Trump's farm aid package * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) released the following statement after President Trump announced (link is external) a $12 billion aid package to support producers. The Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program provides broad relief to United States row crop farmers who produce Barley, Chickpeas, Corn, Cotton, Lenti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak votes for legislation to strengthen reliability and secure America's energy supply chains * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today voted in support of two bills that prioritize long-term energy reliability and secure U.S. supply chains to help lower costs. H.R. 3628, the State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act (link is external), directs states to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak votes to streamline federal permitting for energy producers, builders, and water utilities * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) voted in favor of the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act (link is external), a package of reforms to streamline permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and provide clarity for energy producers, far  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak votes to streamline permitting for interstate natural gas pipelines * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today voted in support of H.R. 3668, the Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act (link is external), legislation to modernize the federal permitting process for interstate natural gas pipelines and strengthen American energy security. "To  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * First Listening Session on WOTUS Held by Cramer, Trump Administration in Bismarck * BISMARCK, N.D. - Not even a Midwest winter storm could keep concerned landowners, developers, farmers, and ranchers from making their voices heard as U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) hosted key Trump administration officials at the first national Waters of the United States (WOTUS) listening session. Cramer, c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Joins WOTUS Listening Session, Working to Advance Rule that Protects Private Property Rights * Senator Worked to Defund Expansive WOTUS Rules, Protect Against Unworkable Mandates & Permitting Requirements BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today joined a first-in-the-nation listening session with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Jess Kramer, host  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Supports Health Care Reforms to Put More Money Directly in Consumers' Pockets * WASHINGTON. - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after supporting the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act, legislation introduced by Senators Mike Crapo, chair of the Senate Finance Committee and Bill Cassidy, M.D., chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Working to Secure Senate ENR Committee Approval of His Legislation to Maintain Wild Horses at TRNP * Committee Holds Hearing on Senator's Legislation to Ensure Future of Park's Horses, Require Herd of No Fewer than 150 Horses WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today made the case to his fellow members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee for his legislation to maintai  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Cortez Masto's Badges Act to Strengthen Indian Country Public Safety Unanimously Passes Senate * WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today announced that the Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-N.V.), Ruben Gallego (D-A.Z.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to strengthen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: President Trump Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Assistance for Producers * Senator Working with Trump Administration to Support Farmers and Ranchers WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today joined an agriculture roundtable at the White House with President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to announce $1  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: Remains of ND WWII Servicemember Irvin C. Ellingson, POW Killed in Tokyo Military Prison Fire, Identified by DPAA * WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the service of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, a Dahlen, North Dakota native who served during World War II. The Def  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Cramer Op-Ed: Delivering Critical Access to Care for Rural Veterans * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Veterans live in every community across the country. Yet unlike most Americans, they can't simply use the closest health care providers. A backwards Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requirement prevents veterans from seamlessly accessing certain health care providers in their communities. The  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: * * * NAIC President Honors Two NAIC Members with 2025 Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership * On Dec. 9, during the Opening Session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) 2025 Fall National Meeting, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner and NAIC President Jon Godfread presented the NAIC's Raymond G. Farmer Award fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- NextEra Energy Resources LLC, Juno Beach, Florida, and Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric), Bismarck, North Dakota, announced a collaboration to explore the joint development of a new combined-cycle natural gas-fueled generation facility in North Dakota. The proposed project, called the River Run Energy Center, is designed to serve as the foundation for a multi-gigawatt data center campus. The companies submitted an application in October to the Southwest Pow  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 11 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: * * * "Insulting!" Trump's aid for American Farmers is far less than his bailout for Argentina Trump's trade war decimated North Dakota soybean farmers' markets. Because of this crisis, Trump's administration has announced a $12 billion bailout plan for American farmers. This comes after Trump bailed out Argentina's president, MAGA darling Javier Milei, to the tune of $40 billion. Nort  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 11 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Collaborative program brings researchers and clinicians together to address health challenges TRANSCEND (Translational Science Engaging North Dakota) unites healthcare researchers and clinicians across North Dakota to address diseases and other health challenges facing the state's citizens. Led by UND in collaboration with North Dakota State University and Sanford Health, the program is funded by a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * President signs chaos-triggering public lands resolutions into law * WASHINGTON D.C. (Dec. 11, 2025) President Trump signed into law five Congressional Review Act resolutions that overturn critical protections in America's Arctic and threaten to destabilize the management of the nation's public lands. The resolutions rolled back a leasing plan for the coastal plain of the Arctic N  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * President Trump Signs Legislation to Unleash American Resources and Unlock Public Lands Today, President Trump signed five Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions reversing Biden-era Resource Management Plans (RMPs) that locked up millions of acres of land in Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. House Committee on Natur  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Signs North Dakota Delegation Bill to Repeal Disastrous, Biden-Era North Dakota RMP * ***Click here for audio. BISMARCK, N.D. - During a ceremony at the White House, President Donald Trump signed a historic resolution to unwind the awful Biden-era Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota. The resolution was introduced in the U.S. House o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Remains of North Dakota World War II Veteran Officially Identified * ***Click here for audio statement. BISMARCK, N.D. - The Pentagon announced it identified the remains of North Dakotan U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, 80 years after his aircraft was shot down during a combat mission to Tokyo, Japan. While Ellingson survived the crash, he was held as a prisoner of war and p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Signs Six New State Waivers to Make America Healthy Again by Removing Unhealthy Foods from SNAP in Hawai'i, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee * (Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., today announced the approval of six new  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 11 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Senate to vote on ACA tax credit extension as North Dakotans Face Looming Health Care Crisis This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to extend the critical enhanced ACA tax credits that nearly 40,000 North Dakotans rely on. North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, "Thousands of North Dakota families are already facing a health care crisis becau  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hoeven: Trump Administration Fighting for U.S. Agriculture Producers * WASHINGTON - In a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Jamieson Greer this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined how the Trump administration is fighting on behalf of U.S. farmers and ranchers to open new markets and secure better trade deals for the long-term. Hoeven s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: * * * State-Based Insurance is 'Not Only Effective' but 'Indispensable': NAIC President Jon Godfread * On Dec. 9, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President Jon Godfread delivered the keynote address at the NAIC 2025 Fall National Meeting. As he prepares to conclude his year-lo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: * * * Three State Insurance Regulators Honored with 2025 Robert Dineen Award * During the Opening Session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) 2025 Fall National Meeting on Dec. 9, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner and NAIC President Jon Godfread recognized three state insurance regulators for their exemplary se  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Over $200,000 to North Dakota Airports * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an award of $202,000 through the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program for projects at two North Dakota airports. The funding will be distributed as follows: * $137,001 to the Grafton Municipal Ai  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 9 -- The Naval War College issued the following news on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * U.S. Naval War College Hosts Perspectives on Modern War Conference The U.S. Naval War College Perspectives on Modern War course hosted the Conference on Leadership, Ethics and Law in Contemporary Competition and Conflict at the institution's Newport, Rhode Island, campus on Dec. 4-5, 2025. The event featured a keynote address by Dr. Mark Hagerott - retired U.S. Navy captain and chancellor   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * UND, Voyager Technologies Sign Agreement to Drive Innovation * ***Click here for media resources. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of North Dakota (UND) and Voyager Technologies [NYSE: VOYG], a defense and space technology company, officially signed a joint investment agreement during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. UND is a leading institution for national security and aerospace education, and  more

UPPSALA, Sweden, Dec. 12 (TNSjou) -- Uppsala University issued the following news release: * * * Sea reptile's tooth shows that mosasaurs could live in freshwater Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers. This is shown by new research based on analyses of a mosasaur tooth found in North Dakota and believed to belong to an animal that could reach a length of 11 metres. The study, conducted by an international tea  more