A new report from Joceyln Benson’s Department of State credits new statewide election laws and education campaigns. Experts point to other likely factors.

In the past few years, a certain segment of South Dakota society has become adamant about making specific improvements in the ...

A lawsuit filed by independent North Dakota ranchers alleges that the governor and private associations have too much power ...

Minot's special election for the next mayor of Minot is in a few weeks, and there are some changes to the way absentee ...

The justices are reviewing a federal appeals court ruling which held that only the federal government can sue to protect ...

"Hoeven is one of the most astute politicians North Dakota has ever seen, and he seems to see some writing on the wall," Rob ...

A sign in Devils Lake, North Dakota, marks the road leading to the Spirit Lake Reservation. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota ...

A cattle ranchers’ organization filed a lawsuit today, July 16, 2025, claiming that the makeup of the North Dakota Beef ...

"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights expert told Newsweek.

An essential tenet of the Voting Rights Act hangs in the balance on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket as the justices decide ...

U.S. Supreme Justice Bret Kavanaugh halted an Eight Circuit Court Appeals ruling that said tribes could not bring a Voting ...

Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For ...