MIKE MOEN Prairie News Service

Voters are consistently reminded to pay attention to local elections. But in 2024, North Dakota groups are stressing that message even more with many people already looking ahead to the presidential ...

In North Dakota and all other states, the backgrounds of people serving in state legislatures largely leave out a key demographic, the working class, according to a new national study. Researchers ...

North Dakota voters are divided on climate change matters, according to new polling data. To get more community buy-in for climate solutions, a University of North Dakota professor says, local ...

In a new poll, North Dakota voters say they’d like to see big changes to the state’s Legacy Fund, which operates as a savings account funded by oil tax revenue. In 2010, voters approved ...

Low-income households across the United States now face a deadline to sign up for federal funds that give them a break on their monthly internet bills. Poverty-fighting offices in North Dakota hope ...

In early January, some North Dakotans might be daydreaming about summer water activities but certain forms of pollution remain a threat to various waterways around the state, and officials want to ...

Petitions are being circulated for a potential ballot question in North Dakota that calls for the state to go back to counting votes by hand during elections. Administrators are not embracing the ...

Eighty-eight percent of North Dakota teachers feel that school districts will have a harder time keeping enough staff next school year, according to a new poll issued this month. The survey is from ...

There are warnings of cuts to municipal governments and schools, and some loss of local control for budget decisions, amid efforts to eliminate property taxes in North Dakota. Organizers of a ...

In rural states such as North Dakota, accessing mental-health care can be extremely difficult. Federal officials say it’s even worse when someone’s benefits for such care are improperly ...