Election 2026
View live election updates from the Prairie Public news team, and real-time results for North Dakota's 2026 U.S. House, Secretary of State, and Attorney General races, plus two ballot measures.
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Prairie Public
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The Superintendent of Bismarck Public Schools says the district is experiencing potential teacher shortages. -
State Auditor Josh Gallion says the biennial audit of one of North Dakota's largest agencies was a large undertaking.
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Bats get a lot of attention during the Halloween season. Maybe it is due to their nighttime activity or that there really are vampire bats, but bats seem to give people a bad case of the “heebie-jeebies.” At any rate, it is time to be more appreciative of these much maligned and misunderstood animals.
Main Street
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The North 103.3’s Luke Moravec explores Minnesota stories, followed by a remembrance of Medora magician Bill Sorensen and a visit with Oscar Mayer’s Hotdoggers.
Dakota Datebook
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On this date in 1917, the Bismarck Tribune proudly announced that 18,312 North Dakota families had signed the Food Pledge.
Each Friday on A Closer Look with the Monitor, Prairie Public's Craig Blumenshine speaks with North Dakota Monitor journalists about their reporting, giving listeners a closer look at major topics in the news, from education and state policy to energy and agriculture topics.
News from NPR
Jason Rosenbaum
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St. Louis Public Radio
Missouri voters defeated a measure that would have banned abortion just two years after voters legalized abortion in another vote. Voters in Missouri legalized abortion two years ago but this time the abortion ban was coupled with a ban on transgender treatment for minors. Opponents said it was misleading.
Michael Gonzalez
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AP
Charlie Neibergall
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AP
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Missouri voters have denied a Republican-backed congressional map that wound its way through the courts before ultimately ending up on the state's ballot. -
Democratic former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has won back a seat on Capitol Hill, defeating incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted after a close and expensive battle, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Stories from the Upper Midwest Newsroom
Justin Bergh
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting
After bison were nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800s, Native nations across North America have been working to restore them to their ancestral lands.
Mary Conlon
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Wisconsin Public Radio