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North Dakota Republicans want to ban library books showing same sex relationships

If passed, librarians found violating the law could be imprisoned for 30 days and fined

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Gutting Tenure Protections in North Dakota?

A proposed bill would do just that

Reason · Jan 26, 2023

N. Dakota bill would bar people from using pronouns according to gender identity; $1,500 fines threatened

Republican lawmakers in North Dakota have introduced legislation seeking to prohibit transgender and nonbinary people from using pronouns according to their gender identity.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

US renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman

The U.S. Department of the Interior has renamed five places in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Sixty-eight legislative districts in five states were either renamed or eliminated after the 2020 census

As state legislatures nationwide convene for their first sessions after the 2022 elections, 68 legislative districts in five states were either renamed or eliminated and no longer exist.

Ballotpedia · Jan 10, 2023

68 legislative districts were renamed or eliminated via redistricting

Welcome to the Monday, January 9, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Jan 9, 2023

Boy who got new heart inspires tribe to boost organ donation

A boy from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians has inspired his community to try to boost organ donor numbers

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

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

North Dakota A.G.: Teacher Training Funds Program Open to Teachers at Private (Including Religious) Schools

From a formal Attorney General opinion (no. 2022-L-07) responding to a query by the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board; it is dated Nov. 29, but was just posted on Westlaw: … [Y]ou ask (1) whether private school teachers who are also mentors may participate in the Teacher Support…

Reason · Dec 13, 2022

ND high court asked to lift injunction against abortion ban

An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an injunction that had blocked the state’s abortion ban, saying a lower court judge was wrong to grant it

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022