Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum will make a foreign policy pitch for expanded U.S. production when he appears Thursday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Why it matters: If confirmed, the former North Dakota governor will oversee oil and gas leasing decisions on vast swaths of federal lands and waters. • He's also slated to run a new National Energy Council with a portfolio extending beyond Interior's role. Driving the news: "When energy production is restricted in America, it doesn't reduce demand, it just shifts production to countries...

Oil tax revenue in Legacy Fund account and general fund money would be used to eliminate property taxes on primary residences over the next decade. Pumpjacks at oil wells near Watford City, N.D., in the early morning hours of July 30, 2013. Pumpjacks at oil wells near Watford City, N.D., in the early morning hours of July 30, 2013. Andrew Burton/Getty Images North Dakota’s new governor has outlined a plan he said could eventually eliminate property taxes in the state. During his first State of the State address on Jan....

BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota plays North Dakota after Grace Larkins scored 45 points in South Dakota’s 71-66 win against the Omaha Mavericks. The Fighting Hawks are 6-3 on their home court. North Dakota is 2-1 in one-possession games. The Coyotes are 3-1 against Summit opponents. South Dakota ranks second in the Summit shooting 32.8% from 3-point range. North Dakota is shooting 42.3% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points higher than the 41.7% South Dakota allows to opponents. South Dakota averages 70.6 points per game, 3.0 more than the...

BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A Minnesota senator who is scheduled to go to trial at the end of January is requesting the trial be delayed until after the legislative session. Sen. Nicole Mitchell is charged with 1st degree burglary, accused of breaking into her mother-in-law’s home in Detroit Lakes in April 2024. In a request filed on Friday, January 10, the defense asks that the trial be continued until the first available date after May 19, 2025. The defense cites a 2007 Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling...

The trio of nominees tapped to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s energy and environment team will get confirmation hearings next week before the Senate, demonstrating the high priority his new administration is putting on implementing its “drill, baby, drill" agenda. North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s Interior secretary nominee, will go before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 14, according to Democratic staff with knowledge of the process.

Temperatures have dropped for millions with 31 million people under winter weather advisories, even including southern states, from Arizona to Florida, NBC News meteorologist Michelle Grossman said on "Early TODAY" this morning. Bismark, North Dakota, will reach an Arctic 3 degrees Fahrenheit — minus 14 with the wind chill factor — while New York City will reach 21 degrees, which will feel like 8 degrees with wind chill. Many areas, including Tampa, Florida, are 15 degrees below the average for the time of year. The cold snap will continue for...

Fed-up North Dakotans, led by a group of women calling themselves the BadAss Grandmas, voted to amend the constitution and establish a state Ethics Commission six years ago. Their goal was to investigate and stop unethical conduct by public officials. But the watchdog agency has achieved less than the advocates had hoped, undermined in large part by the legislature the commission is charged with overseeing, an investigation by the North Dakota Monitor and ProPublica has found. The commission has not substantiated any of the 81 complaints it has received. It...

Ian Cramer, the 43-year-old son of Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for leading police on a high-speed car chase in North Dakota that ended when he crashed into another vehicle and killed a sheriff’s deputy.

The son of Sen. Kevin Cramer has been sentenced to 28 years in prison following a car accident that claimed the life of a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy . On Dec. 6, 2023, Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin, 53, was killed after Ian Cramer, of Bismarck “stole his mother’s car, crashed through the doors of Sanford Hospital, fled from police, and ultimately struck a patrol car in Mercer County leading to the deputy’s death," Bismarck Police Department previously said . On Monday, Dec. 30, Ian, 43, was sentenced in...

The son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., will spend decades in prison after he was convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy in a crash while fleeing law enforcement. Ian Cramer, 43, will serve 28 years in prison for the death of 53-year-old Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Martin, which took place on Dec. 6, 2023. State District Judge Bobbi Weiler sentenced Cramer to 38 years with 10 suspended, three years of probation and credit for time served. She said he probably will not serve the entire sentence since these...