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(Editor's note: Diane Newberry, 21, is a December 2018 graduate of the University of North Dakota, where she majored in English and Communication. She has covered the 2019 Legislature as an intern for the North Dakota Newspaper Association. In May, she begins work as a reporter and editor at the newspapers of BHG Inc. Here, she offers some thoughts on her time at the Capitol.) After a childhood in Rhode Island, I spent the first three-and-a-half years of my adult life in Grand Forks. I braved the winters, ate knoephla soup and even worked at...
North Dakota is known for many things, but two of its defining characteristics might be its long, open highways and its citizens’ purported propensity for drinking. With this in mind, the Legislature is once again re-evaluating how it contends with drunk driving. HB 1442 would stop law enforcement officers from conducting scheduled DUI checkpoints in which all drivers on the road are stopped for questioning. The bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck, said checkpoints are ineffective and “outdated.” By relying on them, “We’re...
Proposed study promises relief from brain injuries and expensive treatments On a chilly January evening in Fargo, Hannah Anderson went out to dinner. She was able to concentrate on the menu, order her own meal and keep up with the table’s conversation throughout the night. This may not sound like much of an achievement for a seemingly average young woman. But Hannah hadn’t had a night out like this in 11 years. “I felt like my brain injury almost didn’t exist,” said Anderson, the survivor of a nearly fatal car accident in 2007. She said she...
Last year, the North Dakota court system cut 55.5 positions across the state as a result of across-the-board budget cuts. Court staffs that could have been considered lean even before the cuts are feeling the pressure, according to court officials. Rod Olson, a state courts system administrator, said that with only one staff member on duty, people seeking services in his districts find an empty desk “on a regular basis.” His unit oversees courts in the East Central and Southeast judicial districts, covering 17 counties. “We don’t like the fact...
