Here’s a look back at the top 20 most read news stories published by the North Dakota Monitor in 2025.

North Dakota's share of the rural health funding is $199 million.

Iowans filed suit in 2024 against the Iowa Utilities Commission over its decision to grant a permit to Summit Carbon Solutions. Via @iowacapitaldispatch.com

The federal funding was more than the leader of the North Dakota Hospital Association was expecting.

Statewide races in 2026 include North Dakota's lone congressional seat.

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, a look back at some of the biggest news stories from Washington, D.C.

Landowner rights, abortion, transgender care among top legal issues in North Dakota in 2025.

Judge pauses Summit opponents’ lawsuit in Iowa while proposed permit changes proceed Via @iowacapitaldispatch.com

Allen Olson’s win in 1980 over incumbent Gov. Art Link interrupted a 20-year run of Democratic governors in North Dakota.

Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans Via @statesnewsroom.com

Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 Via @statesnewsroom.com

For 90 years, the North Dakota Capitol’s window-lit Christmas tree has been an annual holiday staple.

Reviewing the new Epstein files may take weeks, the Department of Justice said.

Bureau of Land Management makes more lands inhabited by greater sage-grouse available for energy development Via @utahnewsdispatch.com

Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents. Via @stateline.org

School meals ballot petition approved for circulation in North Dakota

The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump. Via @statesnewsroom.com

North Dakota’s top oil regulator is pessimistic about oil prices for 2026 but says oil production should hold steady, due in part to new drilling technology companies are using to remain profitable.

“Regardless of age or gender or what part of the state people are from, North Dakotans are givers." Via North Dakota News Cooperative

Roughly 50,000 North Dakota households will pay nothing in property taxes for the 2025 tax year, but some county officials are concerned about how limiting property taxes will affect their budgets.

A new group of bipartisan state legislative leaders – including from North Dakota – issued a declaration at their first meeting calling for a renewed focus on states’ rights and an end to federal intrusion into state laws. Via @stateline.org

Arrests nationwide have fallen to historic lows, report finds Via @stateline.org

Inflation is hitting North Dakotans on a daily basis and impacting holiday spending, data from the latest North Dakota Poll shows.

Measles cases rise amid holiday travel Via @stateline.org

Criticism erupts after DOJ official says some Epstein files will emerge after deadline By @ashleymurray.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday issued a long-awaited Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement, recommending that the pipeline keep operating but with some new conditions for its Missouri River crossing in North Dakota.

Dakota Access Pipeline developer goes to ND Supreme Court seeking to block Greenpeace Netherlands lawsuit

Former Republican-endorsed candidate Alex Balazs announced he will challenge Republican Rep. Julie Fedorchak for North Dakota’s only U.S. House seat.

A landmark North Dakota law approved this year accidentally lumped in two fake names in a list of critical minerals that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the bill.

A similar wolf rule from President Donald Trump’s first administration was struck down by a federal court in 2022.

President Trump touted the one-time payments to troops in a speech Wednesday night.

Hospitals would be barred from providing gender transition treatment for children as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was among Republicans who urged President Donald Trump to keep marijuana a Schedule I drug.

John F. Kennedy Center to be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com

The Department of Homeland Security is enforcing a rule that requires immigrants without legal status to register with the agency.

Soybeans have been a top U.S. ag export for decades. What happens when the top buyer stops buying?

North Dakota’s prison system will use the Burleigh/Morton County Detention Center to house inmates instead of using the Grand Forks County jail to address its overcrowding problem.

As Americans continue to face rising prices, President Donald Trump blamed inflation and health care costs on his predecessor during a prime-time speech Wednesday in which he also claimed to have fixed the issues. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com

Democrats created the policy that allows members of Congress to show up unannounced at facilities that detain immigrants, including ICE field offices, during the first Trump administration.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit were all observing ICE in recent weeks as the agency ramped up raids in Minnesota

Federal appeals judges allow Trump’s National Guard deployment to D.C., for now By @ashleymurray.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com

Major retailers slow to remove recalled infant formula from shelves, FDA says

Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies Via @statesnewsroom.com

A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Dec. 16 showed an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000 jobs in October. Unemployment ticked higher to 4.6%, the highest since September 2021. Via @stateline.org

Twelve people have applied to be North Dakota’s next Supreme Court justice, including four district court judges.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he will not allow a floor vote this week on a bipartisan amendment supported by moderate Republicans that would extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com

North Dakota leaders appointed Jared Huibregtse to the North Dakota Ethics Commission on Tuesday, ending a nearly two-month stalemate over who to appoint to an open four-year seat on the commission.

North Dakota ag producers could ‘walk away’ from health insurance, Farmers Union warns By @machterling.bsky.social

School cafeterias got a step closer to seeing whole milk again after the U.S. House passed a measure Monday to restore the dairy staple to school lunches. Via @statesnewsroom.com

North Dakota works to attract big energy users without burdening ratepayers Via North Dakota News Cooperative