NEW YORK, March 16 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following news: When mother of two Nikki Entzel reported a house fire at her North Dakota home in January 2020, it appeared to be a senseless tragedy when police found her husband Chad Entzel's badly burned body still inside. As investigators dug deeper, inconsistencies at the crime scene and in Nikki's story revealed something more sinister at play. A new "20/20" reports on the dangerous love triangle betwe  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 16 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation allowing tribal nations to enter into agreements with the State of North Dakota to share revenue from alcohol taxes on tribal lands, resolving a longstanding issue. Under Senate Bill 2377, each of the five tribal nations in North Dakota will have the opportunity to enter into an agreement with the state to impose a single tax on alcoholic beverages sold at th  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 15 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on March 14, 2023: The state Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released a revised revenue forecast that continues to predict growth into the next biennium, keeping the state in a strong position to provide tax relief and invest in priority areas, Gov. Doug Burgum said. "Today's revenue outlook continues to predict significant growth from this biennium to the next in all major revenue categ  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 16 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: The entire Democratic-NPL House Caucus today voted against a proposed constitutional amendment that would handcuff cities, counties, and school districts, impede delivery of important services and infrastructure improvements throughout the state, and increase sales tax statewide. The measure, HCR 3024, would have placed on the 2024 ballot a proposal to ban the collectio  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 17 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: Governor Ron DeSantis and the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming formed an alliance to push back against President Biden's environmental, social, corporate governance (ESG) agenda that is destabilizing the American e  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 15 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * "Alfonso Rodriguez is currently confined to the death row prison cell he earned by targeting, threatening and sexually assaulting women across three decades, before he kidnapped, beat, tied, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Dru Sjodin, in November 2003. It will forever remain a humbling privilege to have led the trial team entrusted with going to battle for ju  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 17 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following statement on March 15, 2023: * * * "N.D.C.C. 12.1-31-12, commonly known as the "trigger law," was bi-partisan legislation passed by the 2007 Legislature and signed into law. The law was only allowed to take effect after the United States Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, which explicitly returned to the citizens of each state the authority to regulate abortion through the enactments of their  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 15 (TNSacc) -- The University of Mary issued the following news: The University of Mary's three specialty graduate degrees in Addiction Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and School Counseling within the Liffrig Family School of Education and Behavioral Sciences received an 8-year accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The board based the accreditation decisions on an extensive review o  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 15 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Attorney General Drew Wrigley today announced a settlement with House of Prayer and Life, Incorporated dba Jericho Share, Jericho Health Share, and JHS Community ("Jericho Share") a Healthcare Sharing Ministry based in Houston, Texas. The settlement resolved concerns that Jericho Share made misrepresentations and violated North Dakota law while advertising and offering its  more