Doug Burgum
FILE - This April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. A group of Harvard researchers are coming out against the U.S. Census Bureau's use of a controversial privacy method on the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn't produce data that are good enough for redistricting. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data

By Adrian Sainz Jun. 22, 2021 05:07 PM EDT

Burgum vetoes bill barring mask mandates by state officials

By James Macpherson Apr. 21, 2021 01:20 PM EDT
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and the GOP-controlled Legislature renewed their longstanding power struggle Wednesday, with the second-term...

Budget, bonds, virus top North Dakota legislative session

By James Macpherson Jan. 02, 2021 01:01 AM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers convene Tuesday either in person wearing masks or remotely for the state's 67th legislative session, where they...

Court: North Dakota governor can't fill dead candidate seat

By James Macpherson Nov. 24, 2020 01:08 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum doesn't have the authority to appoint someone to a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died...

Karen Prohaska, 76, stands outside her purse and jewelry shop in downtown Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Prohaska says she hopes not to get the virus, but she usually doesn't wear a mask in her store because it hinders her breathing. She believes some people are overreacting to the threat. (AP Photo/Grant Schulte)
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns

By Grant Schulte Nov. 14, 2020 10:28 AM EST

Democratic candidate Chris Peterson, who is running for Utah Governor, poses for a portrait Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Peterson is running against Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The Latest: Jay Inslee wins 3rd term as Washington governor

Nov. 03, 2020 07:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018, file photo, members of the North Carolina House gather for a special session at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Montana goes red; it's status quo in other governor races

By Geoff Mulvihill Nov. 03, 2020 04:53 PM EST

FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Burgum will face Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shelley Lenz in the Nov. 3, general election. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
Trump, Burgum, Armstrong win North Dakota races

By James Macpherson Nov. 02, 2020 11:48 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, Gov. Kristi Noem gives her first budget address to lawmakers at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. Hospitalizations from COVID-19 have hit their highest points recently throughout the Midwest, where the growth in new cases has been the worst in the nation. “In South Dakota, we didn’t take a one size fits all approach and the results have been incredible,” Gov. Kristi Noem told lawmakers in her state, which Johns Hopkins University says ranks second in the country for new cases per capita. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)
GOP governors in spiking states strain for silver linings

By Andrew Demillo Oct. 11, 2020 09:21 AM EDT

North Dakota governor boosts COVID-19 measures for elderly

By Dave Kolpack Sep. 23, 2020 12:15 PM EDT
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Saying it’s time to “spring into action” to handle rising COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is...

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, people congregate at One-Eyed Jack's Saloon during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D. Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation. Infections have been spurred by schools and universities reopening and mass gatherings like the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of people from across the country. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules

By Stephen Groves And Dave Kolpack Sep. 12, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

Custer Health Administrator Erin Ourada addresses the Morton County Commission on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Mandan, N.D. She spoke in favor of a mask mandate, which the commission rejected. Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks, personal responsibility and freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic. (Will Kincaid/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
The Latest: Domestic air travel recovers in Wuhan, China

By The Associated Press Sep. 12, 2020 06:17 AM EDT

West Virginia Democratic candidate for governor Ben Salango, second from left, greets his supporters with his wife, Tara, by his side Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in his Charleston, W.Va., campaign headquarters. (Kenny Kemp/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate primary too early to call

Jun. 09, 2020 03:21 PM EDT