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Levi Lass
Levi Lass is the North Dakota reporter for Courthouse News Service. He has covered North Dakota elections and a number of events concerning Sioux Tribes including the Dakota Access pipeline protests.
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North Dakota abortion ban will not be enforced during appeal, state Supreme Court rules
Abortion remains legal for now in North Dakota, though there are no abortion clinics operating there, after the lead plaintiff in the appeal moved into Minnesota.
North Dakota judge strikes down state ban on abortion
The ruling strikes down a so-called trigger ban passed in 2007 that took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court effectively nullified Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Dispute over mail-in ballots tossed in North Dakota
A county auditor claimed he would have to forego his duties in counting ballots because he feared prosecution, a notion the judge called "a concerning position for an elected official to take."
Judge orders new legislative district for North Dakota tribes
The federal judge had set a deadline of Dec. 22, 2023, for lawmakers to come up with redistricting that didn't dilute the voting power of two Native American tribes.
North Dakota lawmakers diluted the Native American vote, judge finds
A 2021 legislative redistricting plan that folded two Native American tribes into majority white districts must now be amended to give the tribes equal voting opportunities.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum enters GOP primary
The former chimney sweep turned Microsoft executive turned governor launched his long-shot White House bid during a speech in Fargo.
Minnesota man indicted in theft of 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers
The slippers were recovered in 2018 after mysteriously disappearing in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum, but the feds knew they weren’t carried off by flying monkeys.
Federal judge blocks Biden administration definition of 'waterway' under Clean Water Act
Numerous states have complained the rule would erode their authority over their own waters by expanding federal jurisdiction to ditches, seasonal streams, ponds and isolated wetlands that cross state lines.