Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Six Seek Interim Director Position at North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 18 2008 // Six people, including a one-time Fargo mayor and a former vice president at Montana’s workers’ compensation fund, have applied to be the interim chief executive officer of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety...
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Mar 14 2008 // Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market...
North Dakota Judge: Family Must Pay for Death of Teen
Mar 13 2008 // A judge has awarded civil damages of more than $881,000 in the case of a teenage driver involved in a Ransom County crash that killed another teenager two years ago. Southeast District Judge Daniel Narum ruled that Dillon...
North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Audit Manager Fired
Mar 13 2008 // An Associated Press story is reporting that the internal audit manager at North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has been fired. Kay Grinsteinner had questioned whether the agency’s board of...
Former N.D. Work Comp Exec, House Leader Want CEO Job
Mar 12 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director and a one-time state House majority leader are among those interested in serving as a temporary chief executive at Workforce Safety and Insurance, agency directors...
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N. D. Commissioner Proposes Changes in Oversight of Workers’ Comp Agency
Feb 6 2008 // North Dakota’s Insurance Department should have authority to do regular reviews of the state’s workers’ compensation agency, says Commissioner Adam Hamm, who intends to seek legislators’ support for...
North Dakota School Insurance Settlement Reached
Feb 4 2008 // The North Dakota state Insurance Department says it has settled a claim for $7.9 million for damage to the Northwood school from the Aug. 26 tornado that ripped through the community. The department’s Fire and...
Attorneys Say N.D. Whistleblowers Have to Protect Themselves
Jan 11 2008 // North Dakota’s whistleblower law, intended to prevent retaliation against employees who report alleged wrongdoing in the workplace, instead puts the burden on workers to protect themselves, lawyers say. “These...
N. D. Workers’ Compensation Agency Chairman Resigns
Jan 9 2008 // The chairman of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has resigned, less than three weeks after his Bottineau County employers requested an investigation of Robert Indvik’s use of county...
N.D. Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Drops for 3rd Year
Nov 29 2007 // North Dakota’s unemployment insurance tax rates will be falling for the third straight year, with the average rate dropping below 1 percent for the first time since 1997, Gov. John Hoeven says. Maren Daley, director...
N.D. Governor Coy about Support for Workers’ Comp Initiative
Nov 13 2007 // Gov. John Hoeven favors a proposed initiative that would give him power to hire North Dakota’s workers compensation director, but he won’t say whether he’ll campaign for the measure if it qualifies for...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Board Votes to Reinstate Director; Charges Dropped
Oct 25 2007 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director, who until last week was facing a felony charge, has been given his job back, something Sandy Blunt was unsure would ever happen. In a brief telephone meeting Monday, the...
Charges Dismissed Against N. D. Workers’ Comp Officials
Oct 22 2007 // Prosecutors dismissed a felony conspiracy charge against two top executives of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency, days before they were to appear in court to make their pleas. Sandy Blunt, the chief...
Mortgage Funds Available to Rebuild Tornado-damaged N.D. Homes
Oct 19 2007 // State money normally reserved for first-time North Dakota home buyers will be available to Northwood residents who want to replace their tornado-damaged homes, a housing official says. Michael Anderson, director of the...
States Support Life Insurance Law Caught Up in N.D. Conflict
Oct 18 2007 // N.H. commissioner weighs in on North Dakota insurance legislation Received by Newsfinder from AP Oct 16, 2007 19:34 Eastern Time Editors Note NH angle in 4th graf. By DALE WETZEL Associated Press Writer BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)...
N.D. Attorney Hamm to Fill Insurance Commissioner Position
Oct 10 2007 // Gov. John Hoeven plans to appoint Fargo attorney Adam Hamm, a Republican activist and former Cass County prosecutor, as North Dakota’s new insurance commissioner. The Associated Press confirmed the governor’s...
Spokesman: N.D. Gov. Hoeven Close to Choosing Poolman Replacement
Oct 9 2007 // A spokesman for Gov. John Hoeven said that six people have been interviewed for the job of North Dakota insurance commissioner and the appointment announcement is expected soon. The governor’s choice will serve out...
N.D. Measure Would Return Workers’ Comp Bureau Control to Governor
Oct 1 2007 // A proposed ballot measure would return control of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation bureau to the governor, bypassing a board of directors that now employs the agency’s top manager. The proposal, which...
N.D. Commissioner’s Departure Sparks Debate on Conflict of Interest
Oct 1 2007 // Consumer spokesmen want a national group of insurance regulators to toughen its conflict-of-interest policies, in part because of questions raised by last month’s resignation of former North Dakota Insurance...
