BIZARRE: 24 - What They Never Told You

North Dakota governor vetoes transgender pronouns bill

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited public school teachers from referring to students by pronouns different from the sex assigned to them at birth

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Judge orders US to resume oil, gas leasing in North Dakota

A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

North Dakota enacts a plain language requirement for ballot measure summaries

The North Dakota State Legislature passed a bill, Senate Bill 2163 (SB 2163), to require the language that voters see on a ballot for a statewide measure to be written in “plain, clear, understandable language using words with common, everyday meaning.” Gov. Doug Burgum (R) signed SB 2163 on March…

Ballotpedia · Mar 24, 2023

North Dakota governor bans TikTok in executive agencies

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has banned the popular social media app TikTok from devices owned by the state government’s executive branch, joining several other Republican governors who have done so citing the platform’s Chinese ownership and growing national security worries

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

A closer look at the 229 incumbents who lost state legislative primaries

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Ballotpedia · Oct 21, 2022

North Dakota tribes want exclusive rights on online gambling

North Dakota’s five American Indian tribes want exclusive rights to host internet gambling and sports betting throughout the state utilizing servers located on their reservations

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Bitzero to buy old North Dakota missile site for data center

Gov. Doug Burgum says a crypto mining company is planning to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site abandoned in the 1970s into data center that may be used for the mining of bitcoin and other digital currencies

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

North Dakota farmland purchase tied to Gates stirs emotion

The sale of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state’s values

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

ND governor targets fellow Republicans to mixed results

North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum’s expensive effort to influence the GOP primary and reshape the Legislature with more people who support his spending and policy goals was a mixed bag

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Wayne Stenehjem, ND's longest-serving attorney general, dies

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has died at age 68, just hours after he was hospitalized

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2022