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Brian Schneider, an agricultural education teacher at Napoleon Public School, has been named North Dakota’s 2027 Teacher of the Year, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and State Superintendent Levi Bachmeier announced.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced he has aligned the state’s workforce-related programs and services into a single agency structure and named Katie Ralston Howe, deputy commissioner and director of the Department of Commerce’s Workforce Development Division, to serve as the state’s first workforce commissioner, effective immediately. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong joined state leaders, legislators and project partners to mark the placement of the final structural beam for the new North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown, a $300 million, 140-bed facility that will expand and modernize inpatient behavioral healthcare for North Dakotans. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed Jennifer Turnbow, senior director of business operations and field services at Ulteig Engineers, to lead the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), citing her extensive experience with environmental services and state government during her 23-year career in the private and public sectors. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued a statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has finalized the repeal of the burdensome Biden-era power plant regulations known as “Clean Power Plan 2.0,” which threatened to destabilize the nation’s power grid by forcing the closure of coal-fired electrical generation plants in North Dakota and beyond.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff on Friday, and encourages North Dakota residents to do the same at their homes and businesses, in remembrance of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed legislation that bans the sale, possession and use of synthetic kratom products in North Dakota and restricts the sale of natural kratom products to those ages 21 and older while also requiring accurate labeling.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong delivered his State of the State Address to a special session of the 69^th Legislative Assembly, calling upon lawmakers to ban the unregulated drug kratom following his executive action last month to temporarily prohibit sales of the drug.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong thanked President Donald Trump for approving the governor’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration for severe storms June 7-9 that caused millions of dollars in damage in North Dakota. 

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring joined the State Water Commission in announcing an additional $2 million for the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program, as demand for the program has outstripped the initial $2 million approved last week.