Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chicago’s Mayor Hits AIG Bailout; Other Midwest Officials More Positive
Sep 19 2008 // Midwestern reaction to the bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) varies by regions and officials. In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Executive Challenges Firing
Sep 19 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation executive claims in a lawsuit that agency attorneys and board members plotted to fire him for talking to investigators about possible crimes at Workforce Safety and...
North Dakota AG Says Workers’ Comp Board Talk Violated Law
Sep 11 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says members of a North Dakota workers’ compensation panel broke the law with private discussions about raising their own pay. Stenehjem says an e-mail exchange between...
North Dakota Awarded $5 Million Construction Contract for Flood Project
Sep 10 2008 // The Army Corps of Engineer says it has awarded a $5 million construction contract for a Fargo, North Dakota flood project. The corps says the contract is going to Rising Sun Construction, Inc., of Fargo for a project in...
Workers’ Comp Proposal to be on North Dakota November Ballot
Sep 9 2008 // North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says a proposal to change how North Dakota’s workers compensation agency is run will be on the statewide ballot in November. Jaeger says he has reviewed petitions submitted...
Former North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Director Pleads Not Guilty
Aug 28 2008 // Former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of misspending agency funds, almost two months after the state Supreme Court ruled Blunt should go on trial. South...
North Dakota Attorney General Says Workers’ Comp Meeting Illegal
Aug 27 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says directors of the state’s workers’ compensation agency broke the law by meeting in a restaurant without public notice. Stenehjem ordered the Workforce Safety...
North Dakota Town Approves Agreement to Build Levees, Channels
Aug 15 2008 // Fargo, North Dakota officials have approved an agreement with the Southeast Cass Water Resource District to build a $100 million system of levees and channels to control flooding. The commission’s vote Monday was...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Hearing Set
Aug 11 2008 // North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director is to be arraigned later this month on charges that he misspent more than $18,000 in agency funds. Sandy Blunt is accused of two felonies. He is charged with...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Proposal Submitted for Ballot
Aug 7 2008 // Supporters of changing how North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is run have turned in petitions to put their idea on the November ballot. The initiative would put the governor in charge of appointing the...
Only 4 Homes Insured in North Dakota Area Hit by Tornado
Aug 4 2008 // The number of homes found damaged or destroyed in tornado-ravaged Rolette County in North Dakota continues to rise. The state Department of Emergency Services says 12 homes have been destroyed and 18 have been damaged in...
Declarations
Aug 4 2008 // Buckle Up “There is an obvious correlation between safety belt use and the fatality rate.” —Illinois State Police Director Larry G. Trent comments on the announcement on July 15 that the number of motorists...
North Dakota Workers Comp Agency Changes Benefit Appeals Process
Aug 1 2008 // North Dakota’s workers compensation agency plans to resume using independent judges to review disputes over benefits for workers who are hurt on the job, its director says. Two attorneys who represent injured workers...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidates Spar Over Agency Ads
Jul 31 2008 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm should stop a new television and radio ad that advertises his agency’s assistance programs, because they promote the Republican’s election campaign, Democratic...
Preliminary Estimates of Tornado Damage in North Dakota Top $1 Million
Jul 18 2008 // A preliminary estimate of damage from the tornado that struck Rolla, Norht Dakota last week now tops $1 million. Rolette County Tax Director Diane Schwandt expects that estimate to grow. Schwandt says property owners are...
North Dakota Lawmakers Want Review of Agency Spending
Jul 16 2008 // North Dakota legislators say the spending policies of state agencies should get a fresh look to make sure other administrators don’t find themselves facing criminal charges and prison time. Sandy Blunt, the former...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Committee Studying Benefits of Privatization
Jul 14 2008 // Complaints about North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) agency may not translate into support for making WSI a private business and allowing competition from other insurers, state lawmakers say. The...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Board Gives $77 Million Back to Businesses
Jun 24 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation board approved giving $77 million in dividends to most of its business customers over the next year, which could reduce their annual insurance bills by 62 percent. The...
N. D. Attorney General Checking Meeting of Workers’ Comp Agency
Jun 20 2008 // A former North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance executive says he walked in on an illegal meeting of agency board members in a restaurant, and he has asked Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to investigate. “They...
North Dakota Officials Offer Advice to Flooded Iowa Counterparts
Jun 17 2008 // Officials in Grand Forks are reaching out to their counterparts in flooded Iowa, offering advice learned from the devastating 1997 Red River flood that swamped their city. “Every disaster is unique, every recovery is...
