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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 19 2009 2:14AM
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem says he's pleased with a judge's ruling on the University
of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.
The ruling says the Board of Higher Education has authority
under the North Dakota Constitution to
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 18 2009 11:05AM
The lawyer for a Gilby bank teller who was
robbed at gunpoint says the state workers compensation agency
should not have denied his client's claim for an anxiety disorder.
Bank officials filed the claim for 56-year-old Edith Johnson
after she wa
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| Lawyer says teller deserves workers comp Dec 18 2009 10:58AM
The lawyer for a Gilby bank teller who was
robbed at gunpoint says the state workers compensation agency
should not have denied his client's claim for an anxiety disorder.
Bank officials filed the claim for 56-year-old Edith Johnson
after she wa
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 26 2009 2:13AM
Otter Tail Power Co.'s North Dakota
customers will be paying slightly lower rates under a settlement of
an electric rate case.
The utility's 57,000 North Dakota electric customers also will
be getting a small refund, with interest, for overpayin
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 25 2009 11:12AM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a North Dakota dentist is being brought to North
Dakota to face charges.
Sixty-three-year-old Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., was
released from the custody of an Oklahoma County jail Wedne
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| Auditors to review denied workers comp claims Nov 25 2009 10:37AM
Auditors will take a new look at denied
workers compensation claims in North Dakota and also will study the
laws defining eligibility for certain benefits.
The performance audit of Workforce Safety and Insurance will
review its operations in 200
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Blunt Case To State Supreme Court Oct 22 2009 9:48AM
Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director, Sandy Blunt, took his case to the State Supreme Court.
Blunt was convicted last December of misspending more than twenty-six thousand dollars of WSI money.
Blunt was accused of breaking a law whe
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 22 2009 2:13AM
Prosecutors have rested their case against
a woman charged with manslaughter in the death of her infant
daughter.
Stevie Buckley's trial began Tuesday. The 18-year-old Buckley is
charged in the Feb. 4 death of her 6-month-old daughter, Kyra, who
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Supreme Court Hears Blunt Appeal Oct 21 2009 8:18PM
Sandy Blunt's attorney asked the North Dakota Supreme Court today to overturn Blunt's conviction.
Blunt was North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance director when he was convicted of misspending more than 26-thousand dollars from the agency.
But hi
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Supreme Court Hears Blunt Appeal Oct 21 2009 7:23PM
Sandy Blunt's attorney asked the North Dakota Supreme Court today to overturn Blunt's conviction.
Blunt was North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance director when he was convicted of misspending more than 26-thousand dollars from the agency.
But hi
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Blunt Case in ND Supreme Court Oct 21 2009 7:09PM
Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director, Sandy Blunt, takes his case to the State Supreme Court.
Blunt was convicted last December of misspending more than twenty-six thousand dollars of WSI money.
Blunt was accused of breaking a law w
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| ND Supreme Court hears appeal of former work comp director... Oct 21 2009 11:54AM
North Dakota's Supreme Court is reviewing
the appeal of a former state workers compensation director who was
convicted of misspending more than 26-thousand dollars in agency
money.
Sandy Blunt was convicted of a single felony charge last
Decemb
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| ND Supreme Court to hear Blunt appeal Oct. 21 Sep 21 2009 12:01PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court will hear the
appeal of former state workers compensation director Sandy Blunt
next month.
Blunt is appealing his December conviction on charges that he
misspent more than $10,000 in Workforce Safety and Insurance fu
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 22 2009 2:20AM
Gov. John Hoeven says he's adopted an
advisory board's recommendation that the state workers compensation
agency give no dividend credits on business insurance bills during
the 2009-10 billing period. The dividends have cut employers' bills
by as muc
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 19 2009 2:15AM
North Dakota's college presidents and
university system chancellor will get 4 percent raises in the next
budget year.
The state Board of Higher Education approved employment
contracts for the chancellor and top college administrators at its
mee
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| Board: No work comp rate credits for ND employers Jun 18 2009 3:52PM
North Dakota's workers compensation
advisory board won't approve a new round of dividend credits for
companies this year. The decision means many businesses will be
paying higher bills.
In the past four years, the Workforce Safety and Insurance
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Chamber Session for Workers Jun 4 2009 7:22PM
Running a business is never an easy task, but being aware of changes in the business world isn't so hard if you're a Chamber of Commerce member.
Twice a year, the organization holds Business Update Workshops for its members that provide information on
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WSI Director Chosen Mar 6 2009 7:36PM
There's been plenty of turmoil at WSI in the past year but today there is good news... Governor Hoeven says who he's chosen a director for the agency...
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol commander Bryan Klipfel is the new Director of Workforce Sa
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| ND legislators not impressed by work comp choice Mar 6 2009 3:04PM
North Dakota's House Republican majority
leader says the choice of a new workers compensation director is a
big mistake.
Gov. John Hoeven appointed former Highway Patrol commander Bryan
Klipfel as director of the Workforce Safety and Insurance a
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| Hoeven Appoints Klipfel, Carlson To Manage WSI Mar 6 2009 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today appointed Bryan Klipfel as director of Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) and Clare Carlson as deputy director and public affairs officer for the agency.
Klipfel formerly served as superintendent of
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12wsi Mar 6 2009 12:57PM
Governor Hoeven names a new state WSI director today.
Good Afternoon, I am Sarah Gustin, thanks for joining us.
Less than an hour ago Governor Hoeven appointed
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent Bryan Klipfel as the new Workers Compen
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| Former Highway Patrol superintendent to be workers comp director... Mar 6 2009 12:22PM
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol
commander Bryan Klipfel has been named the state's new workers
compensation director.
Gov. John Hoeven announced the appointment today. Klipfel starts
March 16.
It's the governor's first hire since North
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| Bryan Klipfel named ND workers comp director Mar 6 2009 11:12AM
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol
superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state's new workers
compensation director.
Gov. John Hoeven announced Friday that he's chosen Klipfel for
the job. Klipfel starts March 16.
It's the governo
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Blunt Sentenced Feb 26 2009 6:39AM
The Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director is sentenced...and will spend no time in jail.
Sandy Blunt is given a two year deferred sentence in South Central District Court.
In December, a jury found Blunt guilty of misspending public f
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| Blunt Sentenced Feb 25 2009 11:16PM
The Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director is sentenced...and will spend no time in jail.
Sandy Blunt is given a two year deferred sentence in South Central District Court.
In December, a jury found Blunt guilty of misspending public f
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Blundt Sentenced Feb 25 2009 7:43PM
No jail time.
That's the sentence for the Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director.
Sandy Blunt was given a two year, deferred sentence after being found guilty of misspending government funds.
Judge Bruce Romanick says he received nine
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| Reaction to Blunt sentence mixed at Legislature Feb 25 2009 4:35PM
North Dakota lawmakers have been following
the Sandy Blunt case. And they have mixed reactions today to the
sentence given to the former state workers compensation director.
Blunt was convicted of a felony charge of misspending public
money. Tod
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Former ND director gets deferred sentence Feb 25 2009 1:47PM
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 will be cleared
if he breaks no la
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Blundt Hopes to Avoid Jail Feb 24 2009 7:38PM
The lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt asked a judge not to sentence Blunt to jail.
Blunt is to be sentenced tomorrow in Bismarck for misspending over $10,000 in public money while he was director of the Workforce Sa
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| ND workers comp monopoly gets ND House support Feb 11 2009 2:14PM
North Dakota's workers compensation
insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House.
Representatives voted 86-7 Wednesday to defeat a bill that would
have allowed North Dakota employers to buy insurance from a private
company.
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Legislative Headlines Jan 15 2009 9:00PM
Here's a look at some of what has happening today in Bismarck at the State Legislature.
A group of lawmakers is pushing for a two year tuition freeze a the state's public colleges.
The bill would provide 26.5 million dollars to North Dakota's University
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Legislative Headlines Jan 13 2009 10:47PM
In Legislative News today...North Dakota's House has approved limiting the governor's power to change workers compensation rates.
The rates are set every year and North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency uses an independent actuary to recomme
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| Legislative Headlines Jan 13 2009 8:08PM
In Legislative News today...North Dakota's House has approved limiting the governor's power to change workers compensation rates.
The rates are set every year and North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency uses an independent actuary to recomme
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| No 'crisis' but ND pension funds took beating last year... Jan 7 2009 1:25PM
North Dakota's pension funds for state
employees and teachers lost more than 20 percent of their value
last year.
Steve Cochrane (COCK'-run) runs North Dakota's Retirement and
Investment Office.
Today he briefed members of the North Dakota
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| No 'crisis' but ND pension funds take beating Jan 7 2009 1:12PM
North Dakota's pension funds for state
employees and teachers lost more than 20 percent of their value
last year.
State investment director Steve Cochrane briefed members of the
[[kxtopic:north-dakota-house:t[North Dakota House]:t]] and Senate a
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| Former ND workers comp director seeks acquittal on felony charge... Jan 5 2009 4:35PM
Former North Dakota workers compensation
director Sandy Blunt is asking a judge to throw out his felony
conviction.
Last month, a jury said Blunt was guilty of misspending
Workforce Safety and Insurance funds. The charge carries a possible
10-y
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Mixed Verdict for Blunt Dec 20 2008 8:00AM
The verdict is "guilty" and "not guilty" for Sandy Blunt.
Blunt was in charge of North Dakota's department of Workforce Safety and Insurance when he was accused of mis-spending state funds at the agency.
And today, a Bismarck jury agreed that Blunt was
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| Attorney says Blunt shouldn't do time for felony Dec 19 2008 4:55PM
An attorney for Sandy Blunt says the
former North Dakota workers compensation director shouldn't serve
any time in prison.
A jury found Blunt guilty today of a single felony count of
misspending public funds while he was chief executive officer
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Blunt Case To The Jury Dec 19 2008 3:55PM
Is how Sandy Blunt spent WSI money illegal? The decission is now up to jurors.
After hearing testimony in the Sandy Blunt case for four days Jurors are now making their decission.
The former CEO of Workforce Safety and Insurance is accused of miss
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| Jurors return to deliberate fate of Sandy Blunt Dec 19 2008 10:23AM
Jurors in Bismarck have started
deliberating their first full day of deliberating the fate of
former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt.
The jury of six women and six men got the case shortly after 3
p.m. yesterday. They left
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| Blunt Case To The Jury Dec 18 2008 11:12PM
Is how Sandy Blunt spent WSI money illegal? The decission is now up to jurors.
After hearing testimony in the Sandy Blunt case for four days Jurors are now making their decission.
The former CEO of Workforce Safety and Insurance is accused of miss
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Blunt Dec 18 2008 7:17PM
Is how Sandy Blunt spent WSI money illegal? The decision is now up to jurors.
After hearing testimony in the Sandy Blunt case for four days, jurors are now making their decision.
The former CEO of Workforce Safety and Insurance is accused of misspendin
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| Interim workers comp chief staying on longer Dec 18 2008 12:01PM
The interim chief executive officer of the
North Dakota workers compensation agency will be staying on a
little longer than he had planned.
Former Fargo mayor Bruce Furness has been on the job since March
as the interim CEO of the Workforce Safe
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| Trial of former workers comp director wrapping up Dec 18 2008 11:06AM
Attorneys are preparing their final
arguments in the felony trial of former North Dakota workers
compensation director Sandy Blunt.
Prosecutors finished presenting their case with testimony from
the top attorney at the Workforce Safety and Insur
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| 9 names submitted for workers comp board Dec 18 2008 10:17AM
A nominating committee has submitted the
names of nine people to Gov. John Hoeven for four open seats on the
state workers compensation board of directors.
Hoeven has until the end of the year to fill the seats on the
11-member board that overse
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| Former workers comp director begins defense in felony case... Dec 17 2008 5:44PM
North Dakota's former workers compensation
director is starting his defense in his felony case.
Prosecutors accuse Sandy Blunt of misspending almost $50,000 in
agency funds when he was running the Workforce Safety and Insurance
agency. They say
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| Prosecutions question agency spending Dec 16 2008 2:15PM
Witnesses in the trial of former workers
compensation director Sandy Blunt say Blunt allowed a former
Workforce Safety and Insurance administrator to collect more than
$7,000 in sick leave pay even though he was not sick and planned to
resign.
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| Testimony in Blunt trial focuses on grant Dec 16 2008 10:44AM
A lawyer for North Dakota's workers
compensation agency says former director Sandy Blunt offered a
$150,000 grant to a firefighters group before a grant program was
in place.
Anne Green testified at the trial of Blunt, who is charged with
two f
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Blunt Goes To Trial Dec 15 2008 11:09PM
Former Workforce Safety and Insurance CEO Sandy Blunt is charged with two counts of misspending funds at WSI.
Today he stood before a jury as opening statements got underway in his trial.
Donnell Preskey has the details.
(Lloyd Suhr) "with great power
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Blunt Trial - Day 1 Dec 15 2008 7:09PM
Sandy Blunt lead a state agency... today he's on trial for misspending your money...
The trial starts today for the former CEO of Workforce Safety and Insurance, Sandy Blunt...
He's charged with two counts of misapplication of entrusted funds
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| Prosecutor outlines 'illegal' bonuses for WSI employees... Dec 15 2008 1:25PM
A prosecutor is telling jurors today that
former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt paid
more than 75-hundred dollars in illegal bonuses.
Assistant Burleigh County state's attorney Cynthia Feland says
the money went to three
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Blunt on Trial Dec 15 2008 1:06PM
Did the Former Director of WSI, Sandy Blunt, misuse state dollars? He goes on trial for the crime today...
Good Afternoon, I am Sarah Gustin, thanks for joining us.
Sandy Blunt is charged with two counts of misapplication of entrusted property.
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| Trial for former workers comp director starts Dec 15 2008 11:06AM
A prosecutor says North Dakota's former
workers compensation director ignored rules and ran the agency like
a private company.
Sandy Blunt is on trial for allegedly misspending funds at
Workforce Safety and Insurance. He was the agency's directo
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Blundt Jury Chosen Dec 11 2008 7:44PM
A jury has been seated in the trial of former North Dakota Workers Compensation Director Sandy Blunt.
Blunt is facing two felony charges saying he misspent money for the Workforce Safety and Insurance agency and gave improper bonuses to some executives.
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| Workers comp board chairman stepping down Dec 1 2008 12:22PM
The chairman of the state workers
compensation agency's board of directors says he won't seek another
term on the board.
Mark Gjovig is a businessman from Williston. His six-year term
on the Workforce Safety and Insurance board ends in December.
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| WSI says premiums lowest in country Nov 27 2008 7:15AM
North Dakota's workers compensation agency
says a national study has found it has the lowest premiums in the
country.
Workforce Safety and Insurance says the study undertaken every
two years by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business
Ser
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| Workers comp extends application deadline Nov 26 2008 5:43AM
North Dakota's workers compensation agency
has extended until Dec. 12 the deadline for people to apply for
four open seats on the board of directors.
The agency says it received only six applications, and was
hoping for 12.
Officials say p
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| Stenehjem says workers comp surplus not properly figured... Nov 18 2008 5:44PM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the
state workers compensation agency fund surplus has grown higher
than state law allows, and the agency has not figured it properly.
Stenehjem issued a legal opinion today to state Auditor Robert
Peterson,
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| AG says workers comp surplus too high Nov 18 2008 12:31PM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the
state workers compensation agency fund surplus has grown higher
than state law allows, and the agency did not include all its
assets in figuring the amount.
Stenehjem issued a legal opinion to state Audi
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| Judge won't move trial of former WSI director Nov 10 2008 6:06PM
A judge has denied North Dakota's former
workers compensation director's request to move his criminal trial
out of Burleigh County.
Sandy Blunt faces two felony charges that accuse him of
misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds during h
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Blunt Nov 6 2008 11:37PM
A Burleigh County judge rules that Sandy Blunt the former director of Workforce Safety and Insurance will go on trial in Bismarck.
Judge Bruce Romanick denied the defenses request to move the trial to Cass County because of publicity.
Blunt is cha
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Schafer on WSI Nov 5 2008 11:04PM
North Dakota voters have given control of Workforce Safety and Insurance back to the Governor.
This comes after nearly two years of turmoil at WSI that led to criminal charges against former director Sandy Blunt.
Eleven years ago the legislature took WS
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Schafer on WSI Nov 5 2008 7:11PM
North Dakota voters give control of Workforce Safety and Insurance back to the Governor.
This comes after nearly two years of turmoil at WSI that led to criminal charges against former director Sandy Blunt.
Eleven years ago the legislature to
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| ND gov regains power to hire work comp director Nov 4 2008 11:35PM
North Dakotans have endorsed a proposal to
allow the governor to hire the state's workers compensation
director.
An 11-member board now appoints the chief executive of the
Workforce Safety and Insurance agency.
Critics of WSI put an initia
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Measures For Your Consideration Oct 31 2008 9:52PM
On your ballot Tuesday you'll find three initiated measures and one constitutional measure.
Two of the four are quite contentious Measures One and Two.
We look into them tonight.
Here is Perry Olson.
Measure one a constitutional amendment w
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Measures For Your Consideration Oct 31 2008 9:25PM
On your ballot Tuesday you'll find three initiated measures and one constitutional measure.
Two of the four are quite contentious Measures One and Two.
We look into them tonight.
Here is Perry Olson.
Measure one a constitutional amendment w
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Measures For Your Consideration Oct 31 2008 7:26PM
On your ballot Tuesday you'll find three initiated measures and one constitutional measure.
Two of the four are quite contentious Measures One and Two.
We look into them tonight.
Here is Perry Olson.
Measure one a constitutional amendment w
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Sandy Blunt Oct 28 2008 11:00PM
Former North Dakota workers' compensation director Sandy Blunt 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 Insurance funds during his time as t
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| Former ND workers comp director wants trial moved Oct 28 2008 6:55PM
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 Insurance funds during his time as
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| Auditor: Morale improvement in ND workers comp agency... Oct 20 2008 11:20AM
A state auditor says morale in North
Dakota's workers compensation agency has improved. But Gordy Smith
says there's still work to do to improve the agency's operations.
Smith spoke today to the Legislature's interim Audit and Fiscal
Review Comm
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Insurance Commissioner Candidates Debate Oct 15 2008 10:52PM
On the state level the two candidates for Insurance Commissioner squared off tonight in a debate in Bismarck.
Republican Adam Hamm and Democrat Jasper Schneider met in a debate organized by the League of Women Voters.
Topics covered included what the
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| Bar at odds with workers comp Oct 2 2008 10:30AM
State workers compensation officials say a
bar-restaurant in the Pembina County town of Crystal is defying
court orders to buy workers compensation coverage for its workers.
The Workforce Safety and Insurance Agency says it investigated a
tip th
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| Report says claims not wrongly denied Sep 30 2008 1:39PM
The interim chief executive of the state's
workers compensation agency say he's pleased with a new consultants
report that found no evidence Workforce Safety and Insurance
wrongly denied injured workers claims.
Interim CEO Bruce Furness says the
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WSI Leader Says Agency is Recovering Sep 22 2008 8:55PM
Though there's still a bit of wound-licking going on...the interim director the state's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency says things are gradually getting back to normal.
Bruce Furness told members of Minot's Rotary today work performance is on the
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| Former ND workers' comp exec challenges firing Sep 17 2008 3:18PM
A former North Dakota workers'
compensation executive is suing his former agency.
James Long says he was illegally fired last March for helping an
investigation into alleged criminal behavior at North Dakota's
Workforce Safety and Insurance agen
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| ND work comp board's pay talk violated law Sep 9 2008 4:07PM
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 two board members
about the pay changes sho
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Workers Comp Ballot Measure Sep 8 2008 7:30PM
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 by the measure's
supporters, and they contain eno
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| Work comp measure to be on ND ballot Sep 8 2008 10:16AM
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 by the measure's
supporters, and they conta
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| ND AG says WSI meeting was illegal Aug 25 2008 4:09PM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says
directors of North Dakota's workers compensation agency broke the
law by meeting in a restaurant without public notice.
Stenehjem ordered the Workforce Safety and Insurance Governance
Committee to draft minu
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Schneider for Insurance Commissioner Aug 19 2008 9:38PM
The campaign season continues to gain momentum across the country and here at home.
Today Democratic candidate for State Insurance Commissioner, Jasper Schneider, was in Minot touting his proposal for a state disaster fund.
Schneider says natural disas
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