North Dakota’s Health and Human Services Department is turning to outside “anchor partners” to manage a federal grant program for millions of dollars meant to boost rural health care initiatives.

Protests against data centers have exploded across the US, with communities revolting against a multitude of proven damaging effects on energy prices,

A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about p...

Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost a...

North Dakota Democratic lawmakers tried to introduce bills on childcare funding and a moratorium on data center permitting during the special session Wednesday, but the attempts were voted down or…

As a new school year kicks off across North Dakota, student technology use is top of mind for education leaders and lawmakers with new policies being floated for the 2027 legislative session.

A North Dakota private Christian school is suing the state Department of Public Instruction and a licensing board in federal court over what it says are burdensome and unnecessary teacher licensing la...

Candidates for superintendent of public instruction have different takes on how to improve North Dakota teacher recruitment and retention.

Small, rural schools use the funds for tutoring, afterschool and technology needs.

Rural grocers are facing growing pressures from changing customer habits, rising costs and workforce shortages.

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The Trump administration has proposed cutting all federal funding for tribal colleges and universities, the second time in two years it has sought major funding cuts for the institutions.

Small business owners expressed concerns about rising healthcare costs and credit card transaction fees during a roundtable discussion Monday with North Dakota Rep. Julie Fedorchak and Sen. John Hoeve...

The cheerleading for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library at Medora, N.D., has overwhelmed the muted, but passionate concerns and objections among long-time Badlands residents.

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In the early 2000s, Lori McKiernan worked in a data center outside Denver, Colorado, for a stint during her career with United Airlines. Two decades

Republicans in Congress want to allow more mining and oil drilling on federal public lands, and they’ve recently turned to an obscure legislative maneuver to open areas for business.

Republicans in Congress want to allow more mining and oil drilling on federal public lands, and they’ve recently turned to an obscure legislative maneuver to open areas for business.

A new virtual reality room at Bismarck State College is the latest addition to a project to help people with disabilities get manufacturing jobs in North Dakota.

North Dakota special education teachers and paraprofessionals are reporting burnout, citing increased workload, safety concerns and low pay, according to a survey presented to lawmakers this week.

Could a North Dakota law that makes it illegal for people to conceal their identities in certain situations also apply to masked immigration agents?

Major changes to a federal childcare grant program have forced student parents across the country to scramble for care in the middle of the academic

This story is published in partnership with Reveal and Mother Jones. It was sunny and warm for the end of November on the Rocky Boy's Reservation in

Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show.

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Last year was a tough one for farmers. Amid falling prices for commodity crops such as

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A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Blaine Halverson joked that his only exposure to data centers was from the Mission Impossible movies in the 1990s. That was, until one came to his town.

Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2025 Contact: Enrique A. Chaurand Email: echaurand@all4ed.org Washington, D.C. – “Today's bipartisan action in the legislation funding the U.S. Department of Education repre...

Superintendent's view: Multiple lines of authority, blurred accountability and conflicting priorities will interrupt essential funding and services.

The federal government has awarded $199 million to North Dakota for the first year of a five-year grant program centered on improving rural health care.

Many rural school districts around the United States are having a hard time making up for federal grant money that's been cut by the Trump administration.

Problem-solving is practiced and preached at Bradleyville, a small school district tucked among rolling rural hills in south-central Missouri. When faced

The work Education has done so far is "minuscule" compared to what's to come, department says.

A surging demand for power and the Trump administration’s embrace of the coal industry could lead to the construction of new coal-fired power plants in several states including North Dakota.

School superintendents, long challenged by teacher shortages across the state, are concerned that increased fees for H-1B visas will price them out of attracting foreign teachers to become long-term m...

The pause in food stamp benefits that will hit Saturday, November 1 will disproportionately hurt rural families.  Other groups that will be more

A delegation of Future Farmers of America (FFA) students from across the nation recently converged on Capitol Hill, advocating for the Secure Rural Schools Act. Students from 11 states met with each of their state delegates, and collectively with staff from the Speaker of the House Michael Johnson’s office, to discuss the passage of this

President Donald Trump announced a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The order has drawn criticism from leading medical organizations, which say immigrant physicians make up a significant portion of th...

Families in Cass and Grand Forks counties may soon have different options for college courses for high school students.

Independent rural hospitals are increasingly joining what are called clinically integrated networks, collaborative groups that allow them to avoid selling out to larger health systems while sharing re...

After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split shar...

United Tribes Technical College on Sept. 5 will hold a dedication ceremony for a new monument honoring the memory of Japanese Americans who were imprisoned there during World War II.

North Dakota won’t see any charter schools open this year, but state education officials are busy behind the scenes laying the groundwork for next year.