As a new school year kicks off across North Dakota, student technology use is top of mind for education leaders and lawmakers with new policies being floated for the 2027 legislative session. Participants in a recent survey of more than 2,200 North Dakotans said they think technology access is important to supporting teaching and learning.  […]

North Dakota lawmakers will consider a temporary ban on non-disclosure agreements for data centers and other industrial developments during a September special session.  Legislative leaders also voted Monday to consider a line of credit for a stalled Military Gallery project, advance a technical correction to a property tax credit and debate two bills related to […]

North Dakota lawmakers on Monday advanced two complementary proposals to regulate kratom and ban synthetic substances.  The bill drafts, the result of a Kratom Working Group, will be considered in September during a special session called by Gov. Kelly Armstrong to address the substance’s lack of regulation in North Dakota.  A bill draft proposed by […]

The leader of North Dakota’s public schools last week advised lawmakers to focus artificial intelligence regulations on companies providing AI and chatbots, but leave AI use in the classroom up to school boards and educators. Levi Bachmeier, the state superintendent of schools, testifying in front of the Legislature’s artificial intelligence and data center committee, expressed […]

Nearly 1,900 North Dakota families are on a waitlist for state childcare assistance. A bill draft to be considered for North Dakota’s upcoming special legislative session would add $9 million in state funding to get some of the neediest families off of the growing waitlist. “This is about low-income families who want to work,” said […]

North Dakota lawmakers have four proposals for restricting kratom and more than a dozen on other topics for a special session beginning next month, according to draft legislation made public on Friday. A top legislative panel meets Monday to decide which bill drafts from 20 proposals to advance to the special session, which begins Sept. […]

A Democratic lawmaker in North Dakota is calling for the Legislature to address data centers while legislators are gathered for a special session next month. But a top legislative leader is skeptical that a three-day special session, focused on regulating kratom, is the right time to debate data centers. Sen. Tim Mathern of Fargo plans […]

North Dakota’s abundant supply of lignite coal has been touted as a domestic source for critical minerals needed in magnets and electronics. But research at the University of North Dakota shows the potential for another lignite byproduct — fertilizer.  UND has secured a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to expand its critical mineral […]

Kratom and derivative products are now illegal in North Dakota just days after Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced a ban on the substance and related derivatives.  Lawmakers are preparing to draft legislation restricting kratom for a special session. The attorney general has announced how to dispose of kratom products. And police and prosecutors will be dealing […]

Jamie Selzler, an active leader of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, will take Fargo Mayor Josh Boschee’s seat in the state Senate, the District 44 Dem-NPL executive committee announced Tuesday. Selzler, a former executive director of the Dem-NPL Party, has served as the state’s Democratic National Committeeman for the past three years and has been […]