By Amy Dalrymple | Editor
Measure 1 opponent Dustin Gawrylow gestures while debating Measure 1 proponent James Kerian on Oct. 13, 2026. (Photo by Jack Dura/North Dakota Monitor)
By Jack Dura
North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to require at least 60% approval of future amendments to the state constitution, a move supporters say would protect the foundational document, but opponents say would make it harder for citizens to enact changes.
Measure 1 opponent Dustin Gawrylow, director of the North Dakota Watchdog Network, debated proponent James Kerian, a Grafton businessman chosen by StrongND, a group backing the measure, on the Plain Talk Podcast hosted by Rob Port and Chad Oban. North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature put Measure 1 on the ballot.
MORE DEBATE COVERAGE: Plain Talk also hosted a debate with both sides of Measure 2 on school meals. Check out the Monitor’s coverage on our website at 4 p.m. today, or in Wednesday’s newsletter.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director Jeb Williams gestures during a press conference on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo by Jack Dura/North Dakota Monitor)
By Jack Dura
Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Monday announced the state is shutting down white-tailed doe hunting this fall in parts of southern North Dakota due to an ongoing disease outbreak, weeks before the state’s popular deer gun season opens.
Armstrong said the “conservative harvest strategy” is meant to help the deer population bounce back from epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, which has hit white-tails particularly hard in recent years.
As a result, about 350 previously issued licenses for antlerless white-tailed deer in Units 3C, 3E1, 3E2 and 3F2 are no longer valid. Those hunters will be refunded their $35 license fee and deer lottery bonus points, Armstrong said.
Ukrainians living in Nebraska and supporters gathered at an event earlier this year marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
By Ariana Figueroa
Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain their deportation protections and work authorizations for now, the Department of Homeland Security said over the weekend.
More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese with Temporary Protected Status will keep their protections until “such an announcement is made,” the agency said.
It’s the same move the Trump administration made as the deadline for TPS renewal for more than 200,000 Salvadorans approached last month.
While immigrants with TPS from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine will have deportation protections, it places more than 300,000 people in limbo because it’s not clear how long the protections will last.
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FROM STATES NEWSROOM
Bears rummage through garbage at a dumpster in Whitefish, Montana. Wildlife officials nationwide have received a record number of calls about human-bear conflicts this year. (Photo courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)
By Alex Brown
Bears are having a very bad year.
Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly every station at the buffet in short supply, the adaptable eaters are turning to human food.
From California to Connecticut, desperate bears have raided garbage cans, broken into homes and cars, torn through chicken coops and pulled down bird feeders. Wildlife officers in many states have received a record number of calls, working overtime through the summer to deter bears, put out traps and euthanize animals who pose persistent problems.
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