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Lack of Doggie Day Care Rules Leaves Many Pet Owners in the Dark
Ollie, a labradoodle, died when he was 9 months old, two months after being mauled at a pet care facility in Massachusetts. He was the inspiration for "Ollie's Law," a new state statute designed to pr...
Elaine S. Povich/North Dakota Monitor Dec 25, 2024

Schneider prepares to return to private practice
(KNOX) - University of North Dakota graduate and North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider is preparing to return to his private law practice in Fargo. With the second Trump administration, Schneider, ...
Jim Johnson Dec 24, 2024

Huge natural gas processing plant secures final permits for North Dakota site
(Jeff Beach - North Dakota Monitor) - The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has approved the final permits for a major natural gas processing plant in northwest North Dakota. In Decembe...
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Dec 23, 2024

Broken tie in Minnesota House would give GOP muscle
(Dana Ferguson - MPRnews) - A bare, even temporary, Minnesota House majority would give Republicans power to do a lot. They could investigate the administration of Gov. Tim Walz, move bills to the flo...
Dana Ferguson/MPRnews Dec 23, 2024

Immigration Drives Nation's Population Growth
Workers adjust machinery at an apartment construction site in Austin, Texas, in 2023. Growth in housing units, mostly apartments in Austin, Dallas and Houston, helped fuel Texas population growth, the...
Tim Henderson/North Dakota Monitor Dec 23, 2024

Pipeline Owner Joins Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline
An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ba...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Dec 23, 2024

College Students Cautiously Curious About AI
University of Utah student Rebeca Damico said her professors at first took a hard line against AI when ChatGPT was introduced in 2022, but she and other students say schools have softened their stands...
Paige Gross/North Dakota Monitor Dec 23, 2024

Social Security Benefits Boosted for Millions in Bill
(Photo by Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor) (Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Secur...
Jennifer Shutt/North Dakota Monitor Dec 23, 2024

Grand Forks City Council Approves Extension of Letter of Intent
(KNOX) - An extension for the letter of intent for a plan was granted by the Grand Forks City Council. "Northern Plains Nitrogen, which is a project that we've worked on for over a decade. Every six m...
Bill Dubensky Dec 22, 2024

U.S. Senate Confirms Final two Biden Judges
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, seen at an April 2022 White House event celebrating her Senate confirmation, was President Joe Biden's sole U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The 235 federal judges confirmed ...
Ashley Murray/North Dakota Monitor Dec 22, 2024