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The sale of fireworks in North Dakota starts today and continues through July 5, said State Fire Marshal Jeffrey Huber. 

In a decision filed late yesterday, a federal judge struck down the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) March 2015 fracking rule. The state of North Dakota, through Attorney General Stenehjem’s office, was a party to the lawsuit.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a federal judge’s ruling that struck down as unconstitutional the restrictions imposed by Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA). 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has banned Clarency “Harry” Wahl, of Orlando, Florida, doing business as Life Management Services of Orange County and LPS of Fla.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today filed a lawsuit against contractor Steven Kapfer of Bismarck, doing business as Rebuilding Dreams, for violations of North Dakota’s consumer fraud law.

The state’s fallen law enforcement officers will be remembered on Friday, May 13, 2016. The North Dakota Peace Officer Memorial service will be held in Bismarck on the capitol grounds beginning at 1:30 pm. It is open to the public.

Tomorrow is national prescription drug “Take Back Day.” Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem reminds North Dakota residents who want to know how to safely dispose of unused prescription and over the counter medications that they can turn to the state’s year-round Take Back program.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has revoked the concealed weapon instructor license for Ross Walther of Garrison, ND, effective March 23, 2016. 

“I am extremely pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court today granted North Dakota’s request to stay the US EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ Rule, which is intended to regulate so-called ‘greenhouse gas,’ or carbon dioxide, emissions from existing electricity generating plants,” North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said. 

Ten teams of students from seven North Dakota High Schools will compete in the LifeSmarts state finals tomorrow, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.