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69th Legislative Assembly at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
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Armstrong signs package of bills designed to support recovery and reentry, reduce recidivism
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed a package of three bills focused on reentry practices that will make North Dakota safer. The new laws focus resources on efforts that interrupt crime, promote recovery and help people leaving prison and jails successfully transition back to the community.
Armstrong highlights benefits to students as he signs bill requiring phone-free K-12 public schools in ND
Friday, April 25, 2025 at 01:00 pm
A new law requiring K-12 public schools in North Dakota to adopt phone-free school policies may be the most impactful legislation of this session, Gov. Kelly Armstrong said as he signed the bill surrounded by students, school officials, legislators and First Lady Kjersti Armstrong at Centennial Elementary School in Bismarck.
JOINT RELEASE: Armstrong, Wrigley applaud court ruling ordering U.S. to pay North Dakota nearly $28M for DAPL-related costs
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 06:15 pm
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Attorney General Drew Wrigley applauded a federal judge’s decision ordering the United States to pay North Dakota nearly $28 million in damages for law enforcement and other costs the state incurred during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and early 2017.
Armstrong welcomes Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to North Dakota, thanks her for responsiveness
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 01:05 pm
Gov. Kelly Armstrong participated in a roundtable discussion with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in Fargo, welcoming her to North Dakota and thanking her for the Trump administration’s responsiveness to farmers and ranchers, calling it a “huge benefit” to North Dakota and its agriculture sector.
Armstrong signs bill creating framework for establishing public charter schools in North Dakota
Monday, April 21, 2025 at 03:40 pm
Gov. Kelly Armstrong released a statement after signing Senate Bill 2241, which creates a framework for establishing public charter schools in North Dakota. The Governor’s Office testified in support of the bill.
