Among them is a former official in Gov. Doug Burgum s Cabinet.
Sen. Curt Kreun, R-Grand Forks, introduced Senate Bill 2322 on Monday to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would reimburse state employee claims for wrongful criminal investigation or prosecution related to their work in the last two years and going forward. Reimbursement would apply if a criminal probe did not result in a conviction. We were all an audience to a situation that necessitated this legislation, Kreun said, referring to the audit of the state s Commerce Department being referred for criminal investigation but resulting in no charges.
The bill would reimburse former Commerce Commissioner Michelle Kommer and former Commerce Senior Manager Holly Holt, as well as three North Dakota State College of Science leaders, including President John Richman. Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck, is a bill co-sponsor and has criticized how State Auditor Josh Gallion handled those audit findings.
With oil revenue down, North Dakota approves budget forecast as legislators hope for 2022 production boost
Lawmakers accounted for a substantial, pandemic-induced shortfall in oil tax revenue in the state in drafting up the budget forecast that will govern the first months of the new legislative session. Written By: Adam Willis | ×
The chamber of the North Dakota House of Representatives is pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 12. (Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service)
BISMARCK The North Dakota Legislature approved a budget plan Friday, Jan. 15, that will govern the first half of its ongoing session, accounting for a substantial, pandemic-induced shortfall in oil tax revenue that has forced lawmakers to consider belt-tightening measures for the years ahead.
Legislative Council budget analyst Allen Knudson told the North Dakota House of Representatives on Friday, Jan. 8, that lawmakers could be tasked with filling a massive hole in the state's books during the next two-year budget cycle.
2. North Dakota could pass an affordable insulin bill: It s literally life or death
A North Dakota Senate bill would cap the amount people have to pay upfront for insulin medication at $25. Hillsboro, N.D., resident Angela Kritzberger has paid up to $1,200 for a 30-day insulin prescription for her daughter Nina. David Samson / The Forum
Twelve-year-old Nina Kristzberger is an active sixth grader who swims and plays softball, basketball and volleyball. She wants to be known simply as good-natured Nina, rather than a girl living with a lifelong disease Type 1 diabetes.
Nina was diagnosed at 7 years old with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease where her pancreas does not create insulin a hormone the body uses to allow blood sugar to be made into energy. Without insulin, people can experience high blood sugar and a plethora of symptoms that often come with diabetes, including nausea, vomiting, weight loss, stomach pains and others.