A bill to reinstate part of North Dakota’s “Blue Law” has been soundly rejected by the House. The measure introduced by Bismarck Republican Representative Matthew Heilman would prohibit most stores from being open between the hours of 6 am and noon Sundays.

North Dakota lawmakers swiftly rejected a bill that sought to bring back a mandate requiring all retail stores statewide to close between midnight and noon on Sundays.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has ordered U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at full-staff on January 20, 2025, at all state buildings and grounds in honor of Inauguration Day. Flags will fly at full-staff for 24 hours, according to the executive order.

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm,” he is expected to say. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for "TODAY."

Senators Rounds and Thune re-introduce legislation to return part of the Wounded Knee Massacre site to restricted fee status.

Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, opens up testimony during a hearing about Senate Bill 2142, a bill focusing on allocations of vehicle excise taxes for rural infrastructure, at the Fort Totten Room inside the North Dakota State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

The District 12 delegation from Jamestown introduced a bill on Monday, Jan. 13, in the North Dakota Legislature that would repeal a section in the North Dakota Century Code related to an incentive compensation plan for the state Retirement and Investment Office.

They’re talking about Senate Bill 2137, which would allow landowners and hunters to use supplemental feed on private property for big game hunting. Supplemental feed is also kno

Senate Bill 2137 would keep the North Dakota Game and Fish Department from implementing rules keeping private landowners from using supplemental feed on their property.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota could become the first state to eventually end property taxes on people’s homes under a proposal from the state’s new governor that combines conservative fiscal policy with the state’s enormous oil wealth.

If passed, the law to bring back North Dakota’s blue laws would force retail businesses, or stores that vend a majority of retail items, to close on Sunday mornings and penalize those that don’t.