A resolution considered – and later rejected – by North Dakota lawmakers would have urged the high court to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling.

A bill making its way through the North Dakota Legislature would make it easier to block public access to criminal court records. Jack McDonald, an attorney who represents the North Dakota Broadcasters Association,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO KVRR) – A bill making its way through the North Dakota Legislature would make it easier to block public access to criminal court records.

The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a resolution that would have asked the Supreme Court to revisit its landmark 2015 ruling on marriage equality. Senators voted 31-16 against the resolution,

A bill to downgrade the crime of knowingly infecting someone with HIV passed in the North Dakota Senate on Thursday.

North Dakota lawmakers are close to making their state the first to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

House Bill 1217 removes the criminal penalty for people living with HIV in North Dakota. For years under North Dakota law, people could be charged with a felony if they knowingly gave someone else HIV.

Similar efforts — which would not have any direct sway with the nation’s top courts — have been introduced in a handful of states this year. North Dakota’s resolution passed the Republican-led House in February but still requires Senate approval,

On Thursday, the North Dakota State Senate rejected a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling on same-sex marriage.

The resolution, which passed the North Dakota House, was part of a broader push by some conservatives to end the national right to same-sex marriage.