Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota AG Says Workers’ Comp Surplus Not Correctly Figured
Nov 20 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has not correctly figured its fund’s surplus, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says. He says the agency should include all its assets in the calculations and...
North Dakota Attorney General Silent on Former Director’s Severance Package
Nov 18 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has declined to resolve an argument about whether North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director was entitled to almost $128,000 worth of severance...
North Dakota Commissioner Hamm Declared Winner in Tight Race
Nov 5 2008 // In a tight race that was not officially called until early today, Nov. 5, incumbent Republican Adam Hamm has been elected North Dakota insurance commissioner. He narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Fargo state...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Race Down to the Wire
Nov 4 2008 // The race for the commissioner’s spot in North Dakota has been a lively exchange from the beginning. Incumbent Adam Hamm, a Republican, is running for his first four-year term as insurance commissioner. He was...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Wants Trial Moved
Oct 30 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director is asking a judge to move his criminal trial from Bismarck to Fargo. Sandy Blunt faces two felony charges that accuse him of misspending Workforce Safety and...
Legislative Panel Demands Records from North Dakota Auditor
Oct 24 2008 // A legislative committee is demanding records from North Dakota’s state auditor involving the prosecution of the state’s former workers’ compensation director. The Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review...
North Dakota Commissioner Proposes New Restrictions for Teen Drivers
Oct 22 2008 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner is proposing new restrictions on teenage drivers, saying it should reduce youth car crashes and deaths and cut drivers’ auto insurance bills. Adam Hamm’s proposal...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Law Deemed ‘Conservative’ on Claims
Oct 22 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation law is relatively tightfisted in paying claims from workers whose job injuries can be blamed on previous hurts and natural body aging, a consultant says. The state’s...
North Dakota Auditor Disputes Payment to Former Workers’ Comp Director
Oct 21 2008 // A new report says North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director may have been ineligible for a $150,000 severance package because he resigned before the agency’s board of directors approved the...
North Dakota Commissioner Candidates Trade Jabs During Debate
Oct 17 2008 // North Dakota’s candidates for insurance commissioner agree that protecting the consumer is their top priority but disagree over who best can get it done. Republican Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm and Democratic...
Hamm Leads But Undecided Voters Key to North Dakota Insurance Race
Oct 15 2008 // North Dakota’s candidates for insurance commissioner will be competing for undecided voters in the campaign’s final weeks. In a poll commissioned by The Forum newspaper, 43 percent of the people surveyed said...
North Dakota Agent Pleads Not Guilty to 78 Counts of Fraud
Oct 6 2008 // A Fargo insurance agent has pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $5 million from clients. Larry Atkins is charged with 78 felony counts, including engaging in fraudulent practices and selling unregistered securities....
Chicago’s Mayor Hits AIG Bailout; Other Midwest Officials More Positive
Oct 6 2008 // Midwestern reaction to a proposed bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has been varied. In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to provide an...
North Dakota’s Commissioner Adam Hamm: Consumer Protection Remains Top Priority
Oct 6 2008 // North Dakota’s Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm was appointed to fill the vacancy left by a popular Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman, who left 17 months early to take a job in the private sector. Amid the flack...
Report Says North Dakota Workers’ Comp Claims Not Wrongly Denied
Oct 2 2008 // The interim chief executive of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency say he’s pleased with a new consultant’s report that found no evidence Workforce Safety and Insurance wrongly denied...
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...
