Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Gov. Hoeven to Name North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Director Soon
Mar 3 2009 // Gov. John Hoeven’s staff attorney says the governor will soon name a a permanent executive director for the state workers’ compensation agency. Ryan Bernstein, Hoeven’s staff attorney, says the governor...
No Jail Time for Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director
Feb 27 2009 // North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been given a two-year deferred sentence with no jail time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money. The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt’s record...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Chief Faces Sentencing
Feb 25 2009 // A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says his client should not get jail time for his felony conviction. A jury convicted Blunt last December of misspending more than $10,000 in public...
North Dakota Planning for Major Flooding in Devils Lake, Red River
Feb 13 2009 // With memories of the 1997 floods still fresh, North Dakota officials are planning for significant flooding in the Devils Lake region and the Red River Valley after months of heavy rainfall and snow. Sen. Byron Dorgan,...
North Dakota Sticks With State Monopoly of Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Feb 13 2009 // North Dakota’s workers compensation insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House. Representatives voted 86-7 this week to defeat a bill that would have allowed North Dakota employers to buy...
FEMA Preparing for Spring Floods in North Dakota
Feb 11 2009 // With record snowfall in North Dakota this winter and traditionally heavy snow months still to come, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is getting prepared to help state officials deal with spring flooding. FEMA...
North Dakota Revokes Fargo Insurance Agent’s License
Feb 11 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the insurance license of Larry Atkins, a Fargo insurance agent who was charged with 78 felonies in 2008. The revocation bars him from selling, soliciting or...
North Dakota Senate Kills Bill to Ban Credit Scoring in Insurance
Feb 9 2009 // The North Dakota Senate last week killed legislation (SB 2330) that would have banned insurers from using credit information in underwriting and rating. On Feb. 2, the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee voted do...
North Dakota Bills Respond to Firings of Workers Compensation Whistleblowers
Feb 5 2009 // The dismissals of four employees who questioned how North Dakota’s workers compensation agency was being run showed a state law intended to guard against such firings is almost useless, a state senator believes. Sen....
North Dakota Moves to Double Auto Insurance Minimum Limits
Jan 29 2009 // North Dakota drivers’ minimum required insurance coverage for accidents hasn’t changed in 24 years and should be raised, the state House narrowly decided after debating whether motorists could afford the...
Insurers Oppose North Dakota Bill to Ban Use of Credit Scoring
Jan 27 2009 // Property/casualty insuerrs are urging North Dakota lawmakers to defeat a bill that would preclude their use of credit scoring in calculating insurance premiums. The North Dakota Senate Industry, Business & Labor...
North Dakota Agents Report More Interest in Flood Insurance in Fargo
Jan 27 2009 // North dakota insurance agents are seeing more Fargo homeowners interested in flood insurance, after a winter of heavy snow and forecasts of spring flooding Ken Kraft is an American Family Insurance agent in south Fargo. He...
North Dakota Could Back Tougher Teen Driving Laws
Jan 25 2009 // North Dakota lawmakers strongly support toughening state laws that govern teenage drivers, and many favor raising the state’s 14-year-old minimum driving age, an Associated Press survey shows. Insurance Commissioner...
North Dakota Revokes Agent’s License Over False Jewelry Claim
Jan 23 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm recently revoked the insurance license of Crystal Gayle Just, a Bismarck insurance agent who officials said confessed to filing a false police report and an insurance claim for...
Privacy v. Pugnacity: North Dakota Town Fights Over Cameras in Bars
Jan 22 2009 // Authorities in a small North Dakota coal mining town want bar owners to install surveillance systems after a rash of brawls that some people liken to those seen in John Wayne’s Western movies. Bar owners say the...
North Dakota Yanks Fargo Insurance Agent’s License
Jan 20 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says he’s revoked the license of Bruce Hager, a Fargo insurance agent who pleaded guilty to selling unregistered securities and acting as an unregistered securities...
North Dakota Weighs Letting Firms Self-Insure for Workers’ Compensation
Jan 20 2009 // A North Dakota state agency is the only entity that can legally sell workers compensation insurance to businesses in the state. But Minot state Rep. Dan Ruby says it’s about time the Workforce Safety and Insurance...
North Dakota Republican Seeks Fines to Curb Driving While Texting
Jan 14 2009 // North Dakota Rep. Lawrence Klemin recalls the driver who pulled alongside him at a stoplight recently, eyes down, thumbs frantically working a tiny keyboard that was propped on the steering wheel. “When the stoplight...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Convicted
Jan 11 2009 // In late December, North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director was convicted on the more serious of two felony charges that he misspent public funds. It carries a possible 10-year prison term. Sandy...
North Dakota Lawmakers Support Tougher Restrictions for Teen Drivers
Jan 5 2009 // North Dakota lawmakers strongly support toughening state laws that govern teenage drivers, and many favor raising the state’s 14-year-old minimum driving age, an Associated Press survey shows. Insurance Commissioner...
