LEGISLATURE
UND NEWS Site recommendation and building committees named for new UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota President Robert O. Kelleygot the ball rolling this week on the planning process for UND's new School of Medicine and Health Sciences building. Kelley named the members o...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:20 PM
STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH FORUM COMMUNICATIONS' AMY DALRYMPLE Watford City to house new judge
BISMARCK -- Watford City will be home to a new judgeship aimed at addressing the increase in court filings in growing Oil Patch communities, the North Dakota Supreme Court decided Tuesday. State legis...
Posted on 6/4/13 at 7:41 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Child care providers go to court
By Don Davis Minnesota child care providers who want nothing to do with a union are taking a new law to federal court. The law Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton signed Friday allows home-based child care p...
Posted on 5/29/13 at 5:10 PM
FARGO SCHOOL TALK 2013 Legislative session wraps up
By Business Manager Broc Lietz At approximately 4:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4, the 2013 legislative session drew to a close. The North Dakota Legislature meets for a maximum of 80 days every other year,...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 12:10 PM
THE NEW FORTY Common sense delivered by Dr. Thomas Jacobsen...
Today I want to utilize my blog to both applaud a good citizen and to further spread his thoughtful words. I know my blog readers extend far beyond my local area and beyond North Dakota. I also recogn...
Posted on 5/5/13 at 7:16 PM
ND approves more money to defend 2011 abortion law 
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Attorney General's office is getting an additional $30,000 to help cover the costs to defend a 2011 state law that seeks to limit the use of drugs to terminate pregnancies.
By Associated Press , June 11, 2013
North Dakota legislative study committees formed
BISMARCK — Democratic lawmakers won't be serving as a chair or vice-chair of interim committees that will suggest legislation for the 2015 Legislature.
By Associated Press , June 11, 2013
ND Democrats shut out of interim session committee leadership roles
BISMARCK – No Democratic state lawmaker will serve as a chair or vice-chair of an interim committee during the 2013-14 interim session.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , June 10, 2013
Student loan interest rate showdown returns to Congress
Demand for long-term solution growing, Sen. Heitkamp saysFARGO – This summer’s déjà vu of debate over a popular federal student loan was hardly a surprise after the way Congress dealt with it the last time, Jeanne Enebo said.
By Ryan Johnson , June 05, 2013
Officials look to rid ND Capitol areas of 'locker room' smell
BISMARCK — North Dakota Capitol officials are looking at ways of bringing more fresh air into two rooms where agencies sweat out budgets before the Senate and House appropriations committees.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , June 05, 2013
Second lawsuit filed over Minn. child care union law
ST. PAUL — A federal lawsuit has been filed over a new Minnesota law that could lead to unionization of certain in-home day care providers.
By Associated Press , June 05, 2013
Dayton privately re-signing a handful of bills
ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton is holding a series of private events where he ceremonially "signs" bills from the recently finished legislative session.
By Associated Press , June 05, 2013
Shirvani's exit divisive but not surprising
FARGO - One lawmaker lamented the buyout of embattled North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s contract because she thinks he should have just been fired. Another thought it was a shame because it ensures the head of the state’s public colleges and universities will be “a puppet of sorts.”
By Mike Nowatzki and Ryan Johnson , June 03, 2013
Legislature leaves sex offender program untouched
ST. PAUL — The Legislature passed up a chance this session to rework Minnesota's sex offender program, raising the possibility that a federal judge will rule it unconstitutional.
By Associated Press , June 03, 2013
Some carriers opt out of MN insurance marketplace
ST. PAUL — With just four months to go before Minnesota's health insurance exchange goes live, it remains to be seen how many new choices consumers will get.
By Associated Press , June 03, 2013
Minn. sinks $10 million into state’s film industry
Minnesota’s stagnant film industry is banking on the biggest influx of state money ever to woo the movies back.
By Kristin Tillotson, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) , June 01, 2013
Capitol Chatter: Bachmann promises she will remain active in government
St. Paul - Michele Bachmann promises to remain involved in government policy, but that promise has been heard from others who soon faded from the scene.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , June 01, 2013
Minn. lawmakers hope property tax help will stick
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers went out of their way to put a dent in property taxes by heaping hundreds of millions of new dollars into state allowances to schools and local governments. They also bolstered programs that supply direct-to-homeowner tax credits.
By Associated Press , May 30, 2013
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