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Spring greetings from your District 22 legislators. The House of Representatives continues to work on Senate bills and the Senate on House bills. Floor action in both chambers continues to...

The legislature reconvened on March 2 after the cross over break. Committee work is now the center of activity. The House is acting on bills that passed the Senate and...

The second stretch of the North Dakota Legislative session began its first full week on March 7. Three hundred fifty six bills and resolutions have passed to the Senate from...

Well, the Legislature is half way through its biennial 80-day session and still has most of the major bills to consider. Last session, the Legislature legalized cohabitation, thinking that this...

Some refer to it as the halfway point of a legislative session. Others liken it to the end of the first period, in a three period "hockey game." The truth...

Flood threats are on everyone's mind, and although we can feel pretty safe in West Fargo, protected by Sheyenne Diversion, there is something that we all should do. It is...

Crunch time is here for policy committees. All bills containing appropriation requests, or budget increases, must be out of the originating chamber and re-referred to the appropriation committee. Crossover date...

West Fargo City Commissioners granted a five-year tax exemption to Scott Steffes of Steffes Auctioneers on Monday night, for the Fargo Tractor building he purchased and renovated at 2000 E.

A series of West Fargo Legislative forums open to the public have been scheduled to take place on Saturdays Jan. 29, Feb. 19, and March 26, from 10 a.m. to...

The legislative session began January 4 and has been busy the first two weeks preparing and introducing bills. Hearings are being scheduled, and citizens are always welcome to provide testimony...

"The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex." This observation from Federalist Paper No. 48 (James Madison) is often...

The first full week of committee hearings has now been completed. Some of the proposed legislation has been sent forward for floor action. When passed by the originating chamber, the...

The 62nd Legislative assembly was called into session on Jan. 4 with Gov. Jack Dalrymple giving the State of the State address. The governor was sworn in at the organization...

Republicans and Democrats may not agree on much these days, but they will be in the same corner when it comes to controlling of the reallocation of legislative seats after...