As currently written, the bill would apply retroactively to any employee who was killed in the line duty since Jan. 1, 2010. The bill would extend benefits to five North Dakota families at this time.
As currently written, the bill would apply retroactively to any employee who was killed in the line duty since Jan. 1, 2010. The bill would extend benefits to five North Dakota families at this time.
Our view: North Dakota, pass HB 1435 so we can protect the families of those who protect us
Last week, two North Dakota organizations rose in support of HB 1435. The Chiefs of Police Association of North Dakota and the North Dakota League of Cities both back the bill and have testified in favor of it.
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Herald editorial board | 6:00 am, Feb. 3, 2021 ×
Ten North Dakota police officers and six firefighters have died in the line of duty since 1985. That’s one death every two years or so.
It means that every couple of years, on average, another tragedy occurs: Family members who depended on that first-responder’s health insurance suddenly find themselves without a health care plan and are forced to make a costly and potentially confusing commitment during a traumatic and uncertain time.
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Dr. Donald Warne is the director of the Indians Into Medicine program at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. (Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald)
Don Warne, director of the Indians Into Medicine and master of public health programs at UND’s medical school, has been named an inaugural member of the Explorers 50 class of the Explorers Club in New York City, the Herald s Sydney Mook reports. Warne was nominated by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the international multidisciplinary professional society, which has included members such as Theodore Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Jane Goodall for more than a century.