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The North Dakota House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to provide free school meals to K-12 students, sending the bill to the Senate.
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The three day session begins today (Wednesday).
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State recovers from pandemic dips.
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.
Latest Podcasts and Featured Stories
This week on Prairie Plates, an interview with Taylor Snelling, owner of Mezzaluna in downtown Fargo.Host Rick Gion talks with Snelling about being a restaurateur, the Mezzaluna menu, cocktails, Valentine's Day, and The Drawing Room — a secret speakeasy below the restaurant.
Main Street
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A bill to save a rural hospital, winter STEM ideas for families, a powerful courtroom story, and the prairie roots of venison chislic.
Dakota Datebook
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Accidents at railroad crossings were fairly common in the early days of railroading, and the results were often gruesome. When survivors brought lawsuits, courts frequently ruled in favor of the railroads.
News from NPR
Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.
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In the days leading up to Renee Macklin Good's death, the political situation in Minneapolis had turned combustible. Her shooting has exposed how colliding forces set the stage for the ongoing crisis.
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A major winter storm is expected to impact more than 200 million people in United States this weekend. Freezing rain and ice is a particular concern.