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JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press Fifteen years after 3-year-old Reachelle Smith disappeared, Minot’s police chief announced Tuesday that the case on the girl known as “Peanut” is closed and that police believe the only suspect in her disappearance killed her. Chief John Klug said police think “without a doubt” that the girl was slain by Leigh Cowen, who killed himself about a week after Reachelle was last seen. Her body was never recovered. At a news confer...

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JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press The 2021 North Dakota Legislature reached its finale early Friday in a session marked by a record-high state budget, the first expulsion of a lawmaker and coronavirus pandemic protocols. Lawmakers adjourned sine die at 12:26 a.m. Friday with approval of the spending bill for the Office of Management and Budget, which also serves as the Legislature’s last-minute catchall measure. Thursday was Day 76 for the Legislature, just short of the 80-day ...

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed a measure Friday aimed at shielding schools and teachers from lawsuits arising from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The North Dakota Legislature has finished work on bills in its respective chambers, and when the session resumes Wednesday after a recess, lawmakers will be faced with hundreds more measures

Some lawmakers want a broader investment policy for North Dakota’s oil tax savings account to help finance projects in the state.