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BISMARCK— Almost 140,000 ballots were cast in the North Dakota primary election Tuesday. The North Dakota Secretary of State's website showed 138,685 ballots cast, or 24.3 percent of the state's...
BISMARCK—North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is anticipating filing a legal challenge to the Obama administration's directive on transgender bathroom policy next week. Stenehjem, a Republican who is also running for governor, announced efforts last week to form a coalition with other attorneys general to file a lawsuit. He anticipated at the time he would file the suit this week, but as of late morning Friday, Stenehjem told the Grand Forks Herald it had not been submitted.
WARREN, Minn. – Ever since Jose Paz Pruneda Jr. was born, he's divided his school year between Mexico, North Dakota and Minnesota.
GRAND FORKS – In some ways, Wayne Stenehjem's campaign for North Dakota governor began long before he officially launched it last November in a Grand Forks coffee shop. More than two decades before Stenehjem was sworn in to his current job as the state's attorney general, he was elected to his first public office as a legislator from Grand Forks. A relative unknown then, Stenehjem is now relying on his decades of experience and name recognition to help win the most high-profile election of his career.
GRAND FORKS—The gubernatorial campaign for Fargo businessman Doug Burgum raised criticisms Monday over radio interviews conducted by a paid consultant for the campaign of his opponent, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. A statement from Burgum campaign surrogate Robert Harms argues that Pat Finken, president of the media firm Odney, failed to disclose during a stint as guest host on the "What's On Your Mind" show Monday morning that he is working for the Stenehjem campaign.
GRAND FORKS – A candidate for North Dakota superintendent of public instruction wrote about the Holocaust and suggested President Barack Obama produced "forged paperwork" related to his birth in social media posts last year.
GRAND FORKS – Natural Grocers will add a store here this year, an executive for the Colorado-based company confirmed Thursday, April 21. Kemper Isely, Natural Grocers' co-president and board chairman,...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on North Dakota and Minnesota drunk driving cases that could have broader implications for how states deter that crime. At...
ST. PAUL – Getting involved in politics is one way to make enemies. But it would be a tall order to find anyone with anything nasty to say about LeRoy Stumpf, a Minnesota state senator who will retire this year after roughly 36 years in public office. Colleagues said they'll miss his congenial demeanor and aversion to partisan politics, which seems to be an increasingly rare trait among those seeking public office.
GRAND FORKS – Despite a defeat at the North Dakota Republican Convention over the weekend, Fargo businessman Doug Burgum 's struck a positive tone in a meeting with the Grand...
