Aug 03 Watch 6:04 What do recent court decisions on identification requirements mean for voters? By PBS News Hour Voting rights supporters in North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas have triumphed this summer over what they consider discriminatory voter-identification laws. Since 2008, ten state legislatures have tightened such requirements or otherwise restricted how votes may be cast. William Brangham… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:07 A stretch of North Dakota highway witnesses oil's boom and bust By PBS News Hour Oil prices have been dropping since the industry’s boom in 2014, and with that decline comes economic uncertainty for oil towns like Dickinson, North Dakota. Over 180 rigs drilled at the nearby Bakken oil field two years ago; only 27… Continue watching
Jun 07 Sanders 'disappointed' and 'upset' at news of Clinton's win By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Bernie Sanders said he was "really disappointed" and "upset" that The Associated Press declared rival Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nominee on the eve of primary elections in six states. Continue reading
May 09 Obama signs legislation designating bison as national mammal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The bison has become the official national mammal of the United States under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday. Continue reading
Apr 09 So, you want to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention? By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press You could have a rare opportunity to help make history, if none of the Republican presidential candidates reaches the target 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. Continue reading
Apr 03 How the GOP race looks through the eyes of a traveling vendor By Daniel Bush Robin McNamara has worked at nearly every Republican National Convention since 1996, and her travels across the country have brought her face to face with the passion-filled spectrum of GOP primary voters. Continue reading
Apr 02 Could North Dakota decide the GOP nomination? By Daniel Bush As Wisconsin readies itself for a hotly contested Republican primary on Tuesday, a far different battle is taking place in Fargo this weekend -- one that could help determine the GOP nomination at the Republican National Convention in July. And… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 5:48 What the return of high school football means to an oil boom town By PBS News Hour Like so many small towns on the Great Plains, Alexander, North Dakota, had been shrinking as more and more young people moved away. But for the first time in 28 years, Alexander has a football team, thanks largely to an… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 8:38 Why North Dakota's oil fields are so deadly for workers By PBS News Hour When Brendan Wegner went to work in North Dakota's Bakken oil fields, his family had no idea it was so dangerous. On average, a worker dies every six weeks. On his first day on the rig, Wegner was killed by… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 8:59 Highlighted by hazards, new rules aim to tackle the safety of oil trains By PBS News Hour In North Dakota, nearly a million barrels of crude oil are extracted from the ground each day, and instead of pipelines, most of it is transported by rail. Now, prompted by a series of catastrophic accidents, the Department of Transportation… Continue watching