Senate Bill 2030 proposes investing more than $211 million to address the growing housing and homelessness epidemic across North Dakota.
After a month in office, Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday laid out a plan he says will address property taxes, overcrowding in prisons and infrastructure for the 2025-27 biennium. In all, Armstrong suggests a budget of roughly $19.
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.
As Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, Republicans will have a majority in the Senate. This means that his Cabinet nominees will likely face an easier path to confirmation, even for those who may have surrounded themselves with controversies.
Senate hearings are proceeding for Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet. Many nominees had already met with senators individually. Now they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that
Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security adviser. Miller was a senior adviser to Trump during his first administration and one of the architects of some of his most controversial immigration policies, including his family separation program.
The bill looks to be a hot topic this session. A similar bill during the 2023 session was narrowly shot down in the Senate by a vote of 26-21 against the bill after it passed the House.
Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, opens up testimony during a hearing about Senate Bill 2142, a bill focusing on allocations of vehicle excise taxes for rural infrastructure, at the Fort Totten Room inside the North Dakota State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
House Bill 1025 would allocate $500,000 towards developing and presenting a study on how feasible nuclear energy would be. It also would look into the environmental and economic impacts. Sen. David Houge, R-Minot, said the state needs to think long-term when it comes to power generation.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.
In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of self-employment taxes.
Biden calls for constitutional amendment ending presidential immunity - President Joe Biden warned ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ during his final address from the Oval Office