All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has appealed a ruling from a U.S. District Court invalidating a law protecting individuals with health insurance from receiving large and unexpected balance bills to the 8th Circuit...
Feb 22 2019 // Proposed legislation in North Dakota that would establish invisible reinsurance pool for the individual health insurance market, unanimously passed the North Dakota House of Representatives, the state insurance department...
Feb 22 2019 // Federal transportation officials are requiring railroads to establish regional response teams along oil train routes following a series of fiery derailments.The new rule is aimed at having crews and equipment ready in the...
Feb 21 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has appealed a ruling from a U.S. District Court invalidating a law protecting individuals with health insurance from receiving large and unexpected balance bills to the 8th Circuit...
Feb 20 2019 // The North Dakota House approved legislation that would expand the list of medical conditions for which residents can use medical marijuana, add health care professionals who can certify patients for the drug and increase...
Feb 11 2019 // As North Dakota’s Health Department enters the final stages of implementing a statewide distribution system for medical marijuana, state lawmakers are considering proposals that would make it easier for patients to...
Jan 27 2019 // An arctic blast spread painful cold across the Midwest on Friday, closing schools, opening warming centers and even intimidating ice fishermen in a taste of the even more dangerous weather expected next week.Forecasters...
Jan 25 2019 // North Dakota’s House has endorsed legislation that exempts riders of horses and bicycles from drunken driving laws. The House voted 91-1 Wednesday to allow intoxicated people who either pedal or saddle up to ride...
Jan 24 2019 // Dakota’s Senate wants to change the state’s seat belt law.The Senate voted 24-23 on a proposal to allow police to pull over drivers if they see them not wearing seat belts. The fine would be $50. The measure...
Jan 11 2019 // Officials say traffic deaths in North Dakota declined in 2018 to their lowest number in a decade.Preliminary figures released Jan. 9 show that 104 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes in North Dakota in 2018, a...
Dec 31 2018 // The impact of a deadly summer tornado that struck western North Dakota is still being felt as work continues to improve the area’s weather warning system.The EF2 tornado slammed into the Prairie View RV Park in...
Dec 13 2018 // A popular upscale restaurant in North Dakota’s capital city is being sued for allegedly firing a server after she became pregnant.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the federal lawsuit against...
Nov 21 2018 // An air ambulance on its way to pick up a patient crashed shortly after taking off in North Dakota, killing all three people on board, and military officials involved in the response said the plane may have broken up in...
Nov 19 2018 // North Dakota oil industry leaders are pushing to loosen the state’s oil conditioning regulations, but an environmental group is arguing to tighten rules.The North Dakota Industrial Commission is considering changing...
Oct 25 2018 // Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in early 2013.“Don’t worry. I’ll be in a safe spot,” he told her when he left their...
Oct 24 2018 // The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division says a pipeline leak caused 4,050 barrels of brine to spill at a saltwater disposal well south of Williston.The division said Monday Oasis Petroleum North America recovered the...
Oct 10 2018 // Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western...
Oct 1 2018 // Five years and almost $100 million later, cleanup is complete on a massive oil pipeline leak in North Dakota that has been called one of the biggest onshore spills in U.S. history, industry and state officials said.The...
Sep 21 2018 // Five years and almost $100 million later, cleanup is complete on a massive oil pipeline leak in North Dakota that has been called one of the biggest onshore spills in U.S. history, industry and state officials said.The...
Sep 20 2018 // North Dakota regulators are considering relaxing rules that require shippers to remove the most volatile gases from oil before it’s loaded onto train cars.The rules, which were fought by the energy industry, took...