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(Bismarck, ND) -- Renae Moch of Bismarck has been named the 2021 Woman of the Year by the North Dakota Women’s Network. A virtual celebration will be held on Friday, October 29th, to celebrate her lifetime dedication to public and community health. Moch has worked in healthcare administration for both the public and private sector for nearly 20 years and currently serves as

The activists, who supported a failed attempt to establish an independent redistricting committee, say it's a conflict of interest for politicians to be selecting their voters, but North Dakota Voters First Director Rick Gion said the groups will do their best to ensure fairness in the lawmaker-driven process. 

watch live Amending the constitution should be harder than changing statute. And while larding a proposed amendment with a bevy of disparate changes might be a good political strategy - look at how often Congress passes bad laws and inappropriate spending simply because its inserted into the language of a far more popular and needful bill - its a bad way to make law. North Dakota deserves a better process, and the PNDC campaign promises to deliver it. Its an honorable endeavor, which is no doub...

Port: Donations from Democrats to Hoeven ax attacker look worse now that hes pleading guilty The donations made to Thomas Alexander Starks may seem like a small matter, but in the larger context of whats going on in our society right now, they arent. 9:57 am, Apr. 6, 2021 × Video given to the Fargo Police Department shows an ax-wielding man smashing the windows of Sen. John Hoevens Fargo office. The damage was discovered Monday morning, Dec. 21. Photo courtesy of Fargo Po...

Port: North Dakota Voters First cranks are wrong about redistricting These are the ideologues and rabid partisans who would have you believe North Dakotas redistricting process is broken. 9:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021 × Local Fargo "pro-democracy" activist Richard Jensen and North Dakotans for Public Integrity co-leader Ellen Chaffee hold the "Courage Award" that Chaffee and co-leader Dina Butcher received at a national summit in Nashville over the weekend for their work on gett...

Port: North Dakota Voters First cranks are wrong about redistricting These are the ideologues and rabid partisans who would have you believe North Dakotas redistricting process is broken. 9:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021 × Local Fargo "pro-democracy" activist Richard Jensen and North Dakotans for Public Integrity co-leader Ellen Chaffee hold the "Courage Award" that Chaffee and co-leader Dina Butcher received at a national summit in Nashville over the weekend for their work on gett...

53:00 Thursday, February 11, 2021 - A hearing was held this morning on a House bill that would change the way the state does redistricting. Here to discuss the issue is Ellen Chaffee, a board member with North Dakota Voters First, a group supporting the change. ~~~ Mark Trahant shares a commentary on the confirmation prospects of Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland. ~~~ Eliza Blue shares a Postcard from the Prairie ~~~ Ready to get an early start on your garden? Starting early with seed...

District lines are redrawn with every United States Census, and voter rights groups want to make sure there's no suppression in upcoming elections.

NDNAEF BISMARCK – While candidate campaigns, political action committees and ballot measure sponsors have to disclose their donors over $200, independent expenditures do not have as much transparency with their donors. Ellen Chaffee, a board member of North Dakotans for Public Integrity, is part of the movement to pass HB 1451, which would require independent expenditures to disclose donations of over $200. “(Independent expenditures) may relate to a candidate or campaign, but it has not go...

Bill seeks more transparency in political advertisements House Bill 1451 would require independent expenditures on political advertisements to disclose any of its donors who have donated more than $200. Written By: Dylan Sherman / N.D. Newspaper Association Education Foundation | 6:30 am, Feb. 1, 2021 × The Great Seal of the State of North Dakota at the capitol building in Bismarck. WDAY file photo BISMARCK — While candidate campaigns, political action committees and ba...