Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 鈥� now a candidate for vice president of the U.S., helped shape farm policy during his 12 years in Congress and led a supportive ag agenda in the state the last five years.
The bill would require that the Department of Justice collect data on missing and murdered Native Americans, as well as develop protocols to address the issue.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., is fuming over a U.S. House member's efforts to block Savanna's Act, legislation aimed at addressing the epidemic of Native American women and girls who experience violence in their lives, especiall...
WASHINGTON -- House and Senate ag committee leaders on Thursday say they have "reached an agreement in principle" on a farm bill. "We're pleased to announce that we've reached an agreement in principle on the 2018 Farm Bill. We are working to fin...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp urged her colleagues to keep working to improve public safety in Indian Country as her legislation to address cases of missing and murdered Native American women took a step forward Wednesday. The U.S. Sena...
Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 visit came a day after former Vice President Joe Biden helped Heitkamp launch a statewide bus tour in the final days of her race against Republican challenger Rep. Kevin Cramer.
BISMARCK -- On the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, where the tribal chairman estimated the unemployment rate sits at 60 percent, $15 could buy a new tribal identification or help pay heating bills through a long North Dakota winter.
Hillary Clinton says Democrats cannot be civil with Republicans who want "to destroy what you stand for, what you care about." And, she added in her interview with CNN, civility in the United States will begin only when the Democratic Party wins ...
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., was ready to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Her office had started drafting a statement saying she would support President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, she told CNN.
RUTLAND, N.D. -- As Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., hustled down the main drag in Sunday's Uffda Day parade, Elizabeth Ritter, a middle-aged woman in a pink coat and matching hat, stepped off the curb, pulled the lawmaker close and spoke into her ea...
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh moved closer to confirmation as the Senate prepared for a key vote Friday, with Republicans arguing that an FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations exonerated the judge.
Pat Finken, manager for Congressman Kevin Cramer's U.S. Senate campaign, has sent the Heitkamp campaign an email asking them to take down an ad he says has been "discredited."...
FARGO -- News of Sen. John McCain's death was met with sadness by his colleagues from North Dakota and Minnesota Saturday, Aug. 25. "My thoughts are with Cindy, Roberta, and John's entire family as we remember the gift of his remarkable life and ...
