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Anti-Vaccine-Mandate Bill Passes

By Greg Demme on November 12, 2021

Bill provides more North Dakotans with exemption options As this week’s legislative special session came to a close, a bill limiting and regulating COVID-vaccine mandates passed both houses of the North Dakota legislature today, Friday, Nov. 12. Now it only needs the governor’s signature to become state law. What exactly HB 1511 accomplishes is fairly complicated. The language of […]

Anti-CRT Bill Passes Legislature

By Greg Demme on November 12, 2021

CRT to be prohibited from being taught in public schools On Friday, Nov. 8, The North Dakota Senate passed a bill banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in North Dakota public schools. The passage of HB 1508, sponsored by Rep. Jim Kasper (R-Dis. 46, Fargo), occurred this morning, Friday, Nov. 8, after it had been sent […]

Bus Crash on Interstate

By Kim Fundingsland on November 12, 2021

Dickinson Football Team Okay A bus carrying 38 players and coaches from the Dickinson State University football team was involved in a collision at about 9:35 a.m. Friday. The two-vehicle crash occurred on I-94 near Crystal Springs. A 2006 Lincoln Navigator driving by Miguel Gascal, 64, Mesquite, NV, was eastbound when he lost control of his vehicle on an […]

Legislative Redistricting Bill Signed

By Kim Fundingsland on November 12, 2021

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has signed HB 1504, the legislative redistricting bill approved this week during a special legislative session. Redistricting was on the “must do” list for legislators. A new district alignment was necessary due to population growth revealed in the 2020 census. “The historic process marked the first time since 1910 that North […]

Trinity Preparing for Vaccine Mandate

By Kim Fundingsland on November 12, 2021

January 4 Deadline Looms Preparations have begun at Trinity Hospital in Minot for the possibility that approximately 3,000 health care workers under the Trinity umbrella could fall under a federal mandate to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4, 2022 or lose employment. “We have not enacted a mandate. That has not started,” said Randy Schwan, Trinity Hospital […]

Serving His Country

By Patricia Stockdill on November 12, 2021

By helping veterans WASHBURN -- With the passing of another Veterans Day honoring past and present military service members across America, people like Todd Schreiner make assisting veterans their life’s work. Schreiner is McLean County’s Veterans Service Officer (VSO). He and others in his position across North Dakota and the country are the link between […]

Small Town Traditions

By Patricia Stockdill on November 12, 2021

Veterans Day People in large cities and small towns alike paused on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month once again in 2021 to honor military veterans. It’s a special time when many Americans pay tribute to those who sacrificed – and those who continue to do so – for our […]

Spending Plan Approved

By Kim Fundingsland on November 12, 2021

House, Senate Pass Burgum Bill BISMARCK – In his opening address Monday to a special session of the State Legislature, Governor Doug Burgum outlined his proposal for spending nearly $1.2 billion. The money came to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal response intended for COVID-19 relief. In an evening session Thursday, the North Dakota House of […]

Rep. Hoverson Apologizes to House

By Greg Demme on November 11, 2021

6:05 p.m., Nov. 11--As a follow up to an earlier report by The Dakotan, Rep. Jeff Hoverson (R-Dis. 3, Minot) apologized to the entire House of Representatives in this evening's current session. He apologized for his actions "out of the decorum of the body," referring to his very public comment to House Majority Leader Rep. […]

Anti-Vaccine-Mandate Bill Moves Forward

By Greg Demme on November 11, 2021

5:35 p.m., Nov. 11-- HB 1511 has been moved forward by the Joint Technical Corrections Committee. This bill is the only bill moving forward that would offer protection to many North Dakotans from COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Because the JTCC moved HB 1511 forward with a Do Pass recommendation, they gave HB 1510 a Do Not […]

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