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The state will have around $400 million in the bank at the end of the biennium
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Stonehenge Spring (Vernal) Equinox, 2015
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On Friday, March 20, at 9:46 a.m., the sun crossed the celestial equator — marking the spring equinox. As the term “equinox” indicates, there is roughly equal time between sunrise and sunset around the globe.
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Dakota Datebook
  • Founded on this date in 1854, the Republican Party quickly became a political force. Throughout the 1850s, Republicans and Democrats voiced strong disagreements about new states. Republicans believed the Dakota and Washington territories would support their policies. Democrats were counting on the Montana and New Mexico territories. Each party sought to admit only states that would support its policies.
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.
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Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.