BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state’s constitution.

Some legislators had concerns that the bill was just a concept and had no definitive fiscal note. Sen. Tim Mathern said the bill is needed to plan for the future.

North Dakota is among more than two dozen states that have banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Highway 200, which would be used to honor fallen officers, is where Mercer County Deputy Paul Martin lost his life while trying to stop a speeding driver.

The eight-day trial will consist of personal testimony from parents and children directly impacted and forced to travel to Minnesota to receive gender-affirming care.

Researchers are digitizing historical records from a Native American boarding school in Bismarck, aiming to bring information closer to the communities affected by its existence.

In 2018, voters approved an amendment to the North Dakota Constitution that includes a mandate giving the Legislature three years to pass campaign finance laws similar to what House Bill 1286 proposes.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.

BISMARCK ( North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota House members voted Friday to increase the state’s speed limit to 80 mph for interstate highways. State lawmakers two years ago approved an identical bill, but then-Gov. Doug Burgum vetoed it, citing the state’s Vision Zero initiative to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on the state’s roadways.

A North Dakota legislative committee has advanced a bill that makes a change to lawmaker term limits approved by voters in 2022.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A task force of South Dakota firefighters led by Hunter Noor of the North Dakota Forest Service, are still out west helping manage the California wildfires. This past Monday, Jan. 20, the firefighters received a pleasant surprise when Prince Harry visited their location to thank the team and learn more about their work.

MCLEAN, N.D. (KFYR) - North Dakota Highway Patrol says a Minot man was seriously injured in a snowmobile crash Saturday afternoon. NDHP says the snowmobile rider was headed north in the ditch of Highway 83 about seven miles south of Max. They say the rider hit an embankment and vaulted onto 21st Street where they crashed.