North Dakota s legislative session starts this week. Here s a rundown of what lawmakers aim to tackle
Leaders from both parties agree that the state budget and a bonding bill will be the session s headliners, but Legislative Council Director John Bjornson said there will be plenty of other issues before lawmakers. He expects that more than 800 bills and resolutions will be introduced during the roughly four-month session. Written By: Jeremy Turley | ×
Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, speaks at a news conference on Dec. 1, 2020, in the North Dakota Capitol. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
BISMARCK The North Dakota Legislature will convene Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Bismarck amid a global health crisis and an economic slump that have put the state on uneasy footing.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.
Several people have contracted COVID-19 in the wake of the Legislature s organizational session, including the North Dakota Senate s top budget writer.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, confirmed his diagnosis to the Tribune on Thursday. Last week s organizational session was the only time I could have got it, he said. He was tested Monday after going to bed Friday night and sleeping through the weekend, and received his positive result on Tuesday.Â
Holmberg, 76, said he is feeling very tired but has no fever and is so far recovering at home. He planned to receive a plasma infusion Thursday afternoon as a treatment, one similar to the therapy President Donald Trump received in October.