Latest North Dakota state government News

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

Jan. 27, 2025 14:40 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots. ...

North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal, court rules

Jan. 24, 2025 19:28 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Friday. That appeal has yet to fully play out in the state Supreme Court after a judge struck down...

North Dakota's new governor eyes 'path to zero' property tax on people's homes. Can it be done?

Jan. 14, 2025 13:57 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota could become the first state to eventually end property taxes on people’s homes under a proposal from the state’s new governor that combines conservative fiscal policy with the state’s enormous oil wealth. The plan by Republican Gov. Kelly...

Supreme Court upholds a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation

Jan. 13, 2025 10:29 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation, rejecting a challenge by local Republican officials. The Republicans' lawsuit had previously been rejected by a three-judge court that found North Dakota...