Prairie Public hosted a debate Tuesday between Lt. Governor Tammy Miller and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong, who are vying to be selected as the Republican gubernatorial candidate in the 2024 North Dakota primary election.
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Sen. Kathy Hogan (D-Fargo) discusses the merger of the Health Department with the Department of Human Services, as well as Human Service Zones, the bonding bill and other topics.
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Dave Thompson: This is Legislative Review on Prairie Public. I m Dave Thompson, thanks for joining us. We re on our radio service, and we re also on our digital platforms. Our guest today, Senator Kathy Hogan from Fargo. She s a Democrat, and also is a human service professional. Senator, thank you for being here today.
Dave: Well, the big question, because the governor has now signed the bill to merge the Department of Human Services with the Health Department, but it s not going to occur right away. There s going to be some time, correct? Can you explain what the bill now does?
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Sen. Tim Mathern (D-Fargo) discusses bonding, use of federal COVID relief money, redistriicting and the main budget issues left to be decided in the 2021 Legislative Session.
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Dave Thompson: This is Legislative Review on Prairie Public. I m Dave Thompson, we re on our radio service and also on our digital platforms. We re joined by Senator Tim Mathern. He s a Democrat from Fargo. Long-term member of the North Dakota Legislature. Senator, thank you for being here.
Dave: I d like to start by a discussion about your perceptions of how this session has gone, given the fact that it s been kind of a different session because of the pandemic.
Dave: Let me just ask you because everything is a technology-driven this time much more so because of the COVID protocols. How do you think it s been going so far? I know it s only been a week in but what do you think so far?
Sen. Wardner: Well, right now things are going really smooth and fantastic. Everybody s adjusting, they ve adjusted quickly and we re talking about first of all, our committee chairs and then our committee clerks. And then of course the IT staff from legislative council have done just an outstanding job of supporting us and making sure that we keep going. Actually we re getting used to it, I listened to the chairman and they say, well, are we ready for a testimony online? Sure. And so it s going smooth, better than anticipated.