BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 21 -- Bismark State College issued the following news: Dr. Jason Thoms, Bismarck State College (BSC) Director of Choral Activities, has achieved a remarkable milestone in his career - a GRAMMY nomination in the Best Choral Performance category for his contribution to the recording of "House of Belonging," performed by Conspirare and the Miro Quartet under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson. Thoms is a member of Conspirare, one of the nation's top professional cho  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 22 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: Last week, the Chief Judge for the District of North Dakota ruled that the state's 2021 legislative redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by illegally diluting Native Americans' voting strength and denying them the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates to the legislature. GOP Leaders have now chosen to appeal this Trump appointee's decision. "It is a mistake  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- The Mitchell Hamline School of Law issued the following news: A federal judge in North Dakota ruled on Nov. 17 that the rights of two Native American tribes were violated when lawmakers in the state created legislative districts after the 2020 Census that diluted those tribes' voting strength. The case was brought by a team that included Tim Purdon, a 1994 Mitchell Hamline graduate who was co-counsel in the case that argued the maps violated the federal 1965 Vot  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 22 -- North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley issued the following opinion on Nov. 20, 2023: * * * Request: Did Ramsey County conduct its 2022 annual tax lien foreclosure sale in accordance with N.D.C.C. title 57-28 in that it did not qualify bidders prior to the auction sale and did not provide a contract for deed template prior upon demand? Conclusion: Ramsey County conducted its 2022 annual auction sale of property acquired by the county through tax lien for  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 22 -- North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley issued the following opinion on Nov. 20, 2023: * * * Request: Whether the Morton County State's Attorney violated the open records law by denying a record request. Conclusion: The State's Attorney's personal water bill was not a record of the Morton County State's Attorney's Office. The record request to the Morton County State's Attorney's Office was properly denied. You can view this opinion at: https://attorney  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 22 -- The University of Mary issued the following news: Phase II of the University of Mary's three-phase $272 million Vision 2030 Capital Campaign that launched in 2015 already got off to a tremendous start in February of 2022 following a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase I closed in January of 2019 by surpassing its goal with just over $100 million raised total. Phase II was launched with a $12 million gift from Harold Hamm and Continental Resources, an  more