Lawmakers concluded the 2021 session early Friday morning, April 30.
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Mike Jacobs | ×
Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald columnist.
North Dakota legislators wound up their work and adjourned a few minutes after midnight on Friday morning. Summing up the session is a challenge. It was a mash-up of distractions, contradictions and solid achievements – all played out against the COVID-19 pandemic.
In other words, legislators made news, and at the same time that they made policy and, as it happens, they made history as well.
The history-making involved both the distractions and the contradictions. Let’s start with the distractions.
Notorious among these was the expulsion of state Rep. Luke Simons, a Republican from Dickinson. He was accused of sexual harassment and lawmakers booted him, the first time that’s happened in the state’s history. His replacement, chosen by his district’s leadership, was Dori Hauck, who became the second unelected member of the H
Lawmakers concluded the 2021 session early Friday morning, April 30.
Written By:
Mike Jacobs | ×
Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald columnist.
GRAND FORKS North Dakota legislators wound up their work and adjourned a few minutes after midnight on Friday morning, April 30. Summing up the session is a challenge. It was a mash-up of distractions, contradictions and solid achievements all played out against the COVID-19 pandemic.
In other words, legislators made news, and at the same time that they made policy and, as it happens, they made history as well.
The history-making involved both the distractions and the contradictions. Let’s start with the distractions.
Major issues emerged during North Dakota s 2021 legislative session. Here s a rundown
From inter-branch power struggles to coal industry tax breaks, the North Dakota Legislature stepped into a vast range of issues during its 2021 session. Written By: Jeremy Turley | Adam Willis | 7:45 pm, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, speaks at a bill signing on April 21, 2021, next to Gov. Doug Burgum, left, and House Majority Leader Chet Pollert, R-Carrington. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
BISMARCK North Dakota lawmakers are heading home after nearly four months of work at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
Both chambers of the Republican-dominated Legislature ended their biennial regular session just after midnight on Friday, April 30, but the effects of the more than 500 laws they made will be felt by North Dakotans for years to come.
Major issues emerged during North Dakota s 2021 legislative session. Here s a rundown
From inter-branch power struggles to coal industry tax breaks, the North Dakota Legislature stepped into a vast range of issues during its 2021 session. Written By: Jeremy Turley | Adam Willis | 7:45 pm, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, speaks at a bill signing on April 21, 2021, next to Gov. Doug Burgum, left, and House Majority Leader Chet Pollert, R-Carrington. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
BISMARCK North Dakota lawmakers are heading home after nearly four months of work at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
Both chambers of the Republican-dominated Legislature ended their biennial regular session just after midnight on Friday, April 30, but the effects of the more than 500 laws they made will be felt by North Dakotans for years to come.
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