North Dakota's Legislature has approved a 2026 ballot measure for voters to change term limits they approved in 2022.

A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A resolution to change North Dakota’s term limits law failed in the House on a narrow 46-43 vote Tuesday,

Minot Mayor Tom Ross sent the lewd video minutes after he and the city attorney had a phone call discussing a police officer's suicide.

City officials outline Local Government Week events, approve infrastructure upgrades and hear residents frustrations over steep property valuations.

The North Dakota House reconsidered and passed a resolution to bring a ballot measure to voters in 2026 changing the term limits adopted by North Dakota voters in 2022.

The North Dakota Senate passed a bill on Friday clarifying when term limits passed by voters in 2022 officially went into effect.

This comes after Ross, who was elected Mayor in 2022, submitted his resignation paperwork after an internal investigation found he was liable for accidentally sending a sexually explicit video of himself to the City Attorney. For details about what was found in the investigation, you can read our story here.

Minot Mayor Tom Ross resigned Tuesday, the same day an investigative report was made public that found Ross sent a video of himself masturbating to City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim in January. He sent the video minutes after the two had a telephone call discussing a police officer’s suicide.

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Area Ambulance will not push for a special election to create an ambulance district to help with funding, according to Jessica Alonge, Stutsman County auditor/chief operating officer.

“Raising the threshold will provide better assurance of adequate representation,” said Rep. Donald Longmuir, R-Stanley. The bill also states that you can not recall an individual twice during a single term and that an election is not needed if the recalled member is the only person running. The Senate will need to vote again on this bill.

Following flooding that damaged and destroyed homes in McCook Lake, last June, there was a call for change in North Sioux City. That led to a petition drive in August and September calling for a vote to change the city’s form of government from an aldermanic city council with a mayor and an 8-member council, to a mayor and four commissioners.