Obamacare is broken and we need to fix it. Since 2013, insurance premiums have more than doubled in the United States. This fall, families in North Dakota will need to brace themselves for another double digit increase in their health insurance costs. These increases are unsustainable for ou…
We all talk about having good government. We agree that we have a responsibility to good government. Though we may have different ideas about what government should do, there is little argument over the qualities good government should exhibit.
North Dakotans recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s issuing a draft rule aimed at reining in the worst abuses of payday and other high-cost debt trap lending schemes.
When Allison Restemayer from West Fargo was almost 2 years old, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Allison’s parents were told she would become severely mentally delayed by age 3, and that she would likely pass away by 10 years old.
At the end of May, President Donald Trump and the White House released their budget proposal, which clearly jeopardizes the future of Native American people and tribes. The federal government has failed to hold up the trust responsibility and treaty obligation to protect Native people. Our a…
On June 6, the Bismarck Tribune reported that Roxanne Vaughan, a University of North Dakota Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, defended herself saying the seemingly anti-immigrant and racist comment she posted on Facebook after Indian-American sixth-…
Infrastructure is the bedrock of our communities, our economy in North Dakota and the entire nation.
Infrastructure is the bedrock of our communities, our economy in North Dakota and the entire nation.
North Dakota's economy has remained resilient since commodity prices fell by half two years ago, and the shortage of workers has remained the biggest challenge to our employers. The Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and the newly unveiled North Dakota Petroleum Council ad campaign highlig…
As an employer and a health care provider I would like to discuss several things that are not being addressed in the debate between Obamacare and Trumpcare.
Proposed federal action would make churches and charities as partisan as every other institution in the country. As representatives of the broad nonprofit and philanthropic communities in our state, we believe that such action would have severe, negative consequences for our work. Indeed, th…
During the three Coffee With Cramer town halls I held in Minot, Mandan and Bismarck last week, many people came to talk about the legislation passed by the House of Representatives on May 4 to begin the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare. In passing the American Health Care Act, we…
This past year was a challenging one as thousands of people, most from out-of-state, moved onto federal property in southern Morton County and protested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The protests attracted hundreds of agitators who engaged in criminal activity and threatened the safety of our …
When North Dakota is blessed with natural resources like oil, gas, coal, and wind, the last thing we want to do is waste them.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Bismarck Tribune.
The city of Bismarck has announced traffic restrictions in two areas beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Mandan construction business more than $505,000 for trench violations.
The University of Mary student accused of making a bomb threat pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning during a preliminary hearing.
When Sen. Dick Dever spoke in 2021 against a bill to restrict transgender girls in K-12 sports, many of his Senate colleagues were surprised.
A man accused of fatally shooting a woman in the head in northwestern North Dakota last year has changed his not guilty plea.
A national crackdown on distracted driving begins Saturday, and law enforcement across North Dakota will have extra patrols on the road.
As North Dakota's Republican legislative leaders prepare to sort out their differences on tax relief proposals, a package that mixes income and property tax cuts is starting to take form.
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A Bismarck woman is accused of having sex with a student while employed as an instructional aide at Century High School.
Bismarck police are investigating whether a man accused of child sex crimes might allegedly have had more victims.
The University of Mary student accused of making a bomb threat pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning during a preliminary hearing.
A Bismarck couple and a Mandan man are accused of working together to distribute thousands of fentanyl pills in Burleigh and Morton counties.
When Sen. Dick Dever spoke in 2021 against a bill to restrict transgender girls in K-12 sports, many of his Senate colleagues were surprised.
As North Dakota's Republican legislative leaders prepare to sort out their differences on tax relief proposals, a package that mixes income and property tax cuts is starting to take form.
Gov. Doug Burgum has rejected a bill that would raise North Dakota’s interstate highway speed limit to 80 mph.
The North Dakota Senate has voted to override Gov. Doug Burgum's veto of a bill that would restrict how the state's public schools treat transgender students.
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