@BeachStates

Deputy editor for @NDMonitor, part of @StatesNewsroom; news tips always appreciated.

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North Dakota House votes for annual legislative session, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

North Dakota House votes for annual legislative sessions • North Dakota Monitor

North Dakota is one of just four states where the Legislature does not meet every year, but that could change starting in 2027 if the state Senate follows the lead of the House. 

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A bill that sought to loosen North Dakota high school athletic eligibility requirements failed Wednesday after the activities association pledged to address concerns raised by families, reports @machterling northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Student athlete eligibility changes likely even as bill fails on North Dakota House floor • North...

A bill that sought to loosen North Dakota high school athletic eligibility requirements failed Wednesday after the activities association pledged to address concerns raised by families.

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High school transfer rules questioned in North Dakota bill testimony, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

High school transfer rules questioned in North Dakota bill testimony • North Dakota Monitor

Parents of North Dakota high school athletes described how they had to let school administrators walk through the home they had just moved into, as well as the home they had moved from, and provide...

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Members of the North Dakota House on Friday showed their commitment to pipelines and energy development, voting down six bills that would have taxed or put guard rails on the emerging carbon capture industry, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Lawmakers vote down 6 bills to limit carbon capture in North Dakota  • North Dakota Monitor

Members of the North Dakota House on Friday showed their commitment to pipelines and oil and gas development, voting down six bills that would have taxed or put guard rails on the emerging carbon...

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North Dakota House advances 1 of 3 Education Savings Account bills From @beachstates and @machterling northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

North Dakota House advances 1 of 3 Education Savings Account bills  • North Dakota Monitor

A bill that earmarks state money for tuition at private schools passed the North Dakota House on Thursday, while two other similar bills failed. 

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Bill seeks to expand North Dakota’s oil footprint with tax breaks, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Bill seeks to expand North Dakota’s oil footprint with tax breaks • North Dakota Monitor

A bill seeks to encourage drilling for oil outside of North Dakota’s highly productive Bakken Formation and take advantage of the Trump administration’s desire for U.S. energy dominance. 

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Landowners, energy industry at odds over bills limiting CO2 pipelines in North Dakota, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Landowners, energy industry at odds over bills limiting CO2 pipelines in North Dakota • North...

David Moch signed an easement agreement with Summit Carbon Solution allowing the carbon capture project developer to put a pipeline through his land, but he said signed only because of the threat of...

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Big week in the North Dakota Legislature for a controversial subject: Carbon capture pipelines and the use of eminent domain. By @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Carbon pipeline bills set for hearings in North Dakota this week  • North Dakota Monitor

Several bills related to carbon capture pipelines are set for hearings this week in the North Dakota Legislature covering topics including eminent domain, common carrier status and liability in the...

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Dark Sky Week deemed dangerous, fails in North Dakota Senate, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/brief…

Dark Sky Week deemed dangerous, fails in North Dakota Senate • North Dakota Monitor

A resolution to encourage people to turn off at least some of the some of the lights in North Dakota failed to make it past the state Senate on Friday. 

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How smelly is a hog farm? That’s a question the North Dakota Department of Agriculture plans to answer with a computer-generated model to help guide where livestock operations can be located. By @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Predicting farm smells seen as a way to guide livestock locations  • North Dakota Monitor

Senate Bill 2174 establishes the Agriculture Department’s odor modeling tool as the way to determine how often smells from a farm will be a problem in nearby areas. 

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Online sports betting resolution rejected by North Dakota House lawmakers, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/brief…

Online sports betting resolution rejected by North Dakota lawmakers • North Dakota Monitor

North Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday rejected another attempt at legalizing online sports betting.

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Jan. 6 charges dismissed against former officer for North Dakota Young Republicans, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/brief…

Jan. 6 charges dismissed against former officer for North Dakota Young Republicans • North Dakota...

Charges against a former North Dakota man who was at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6., 2021, riot have been dismissed. 

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Doug Burgum committed to keeping wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and highlighted North Dakota examples of managing public lands and energy during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of the Interior, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Burgum notes North Dakota examples of public land use in Senate hearing • North Dakota Monitor

Doug Burgum committed to keeping wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and highlighted North Dakota examples of managing public lands and energy during his confirmation hearing to lead the...

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Pain relief or a problem? North Dakota lawmakers hear kratom debate northdakotamonitor.com/2025/… via @BeachStates

Pain relief or a problem? North Dakota lawmakers hear kratom debate • North Dakota Monitor

Witnesses characterized the kratom plant as both as a dangerous and sometimes fatal drug and as a safe way to manage chronic pain and help people wean themselves off more dangerous opioids. 

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A group of North Dakota landowners is appealing the carbon storage decision for the Summit pipeline project, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Landowners appeal Summit carbon storage decision • North Dakota Monitor

A group of North Dakota landowners is appealing the state’s approval of an underground carbon storage area for Summit Carbon Solutions, the company attempting to build the world’s largest carbon...

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Tree hitting power lines started wildfire that killed 2 in western North Dakota, reports @BeachStates northdakotamonitor.com/2025/…

Tree hitting power lines started wildfire that killed 2 in western North Dakota • North Dakota...

High winds caused tree limbs to fall onto power lines, starting a wildfire in October that killed two men, the North Dakota State Fire Marshal said in a report released Monday. 

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A federal judge is criticizing President Joe Biden’s decision to set free more than a dozen North Dakota defendants, including two men sentenced to prison for high-profile fraud cases. buff.ly/3BEBjFb via @BeachStates and @MarySteurer
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Today's Industrial Commission meeting that includes the Summit CO2 sequestration plan has been pushed back to 3 p.m.
N. Dakota Monitor || bsky @northdakotamonitor.com@NDMonitor10 Dec 2024
An attorney for North Dakota landowners wants more time to study how CO2 from Summit Carbon Solutions will disperse underground. buff.ly/4iruMOM via @BeachStates #SummitCarbon
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Lawmakers slam North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund over audit findings buff.ly/41oqO3s via @beachstates
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Beginning in the spring of 2025, UND air traffic control graduates can bypass the Federal Aviation Administration Academy. buff.ly/49wHeZi #UND
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