When North Dakota lawmakers adjourned the 2025 legislative session on Saturday, they breathed a sigh of relief after passing hundreds of bills culminating in a record $20.3 billion two-year budget.

With the 2025 legislative session in the rearview mirror, North Dakotans can expect to save money on property taxes and insulin. Lawmakers also honed in on criminal justice reform and K-12 issues.

Called “The People’s Session,” the goal of the event is to hear what North Dakotans’ policy priorities are. Representatives from its organizers — Gender Justice, Prairie Action and the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition — met Thursday morning on the steps of the Capitol to share what they have planned for the conference.

There is a strong case to be made that the Legislature is violating the law by, among other things, refusing to implement the campaign disclosures the state constitution requires.

North Dakota legislative session has come to an end after nearly four months. Lawmakers are leaving Bismarck after passing hundreds of new laws.

BISMARCK, N.D. (Flag Family Media) -The North Dakota House Republican Caucus is searching for a new chairman. Representative Jeremy Olson resigned the position. The District 26 Republican, from Arnegard, tells Flag Family News that the resignation occurred due to a new position he will be starting after the end of the current legislative session.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne announced he will not seek reelection to a 13th term as president at the organization’s annual meeting in December. Watne was first elected in November