Devils Lake Journal
Democratic – NPL To Hold District 23 Re-Organization Convention in New Rockford
District 23 Democratic NPL will hold their district re-organizational convention at the American Legion in New Rockford on February 28 at 2:00pm. During the 2021 district re-organizational convention, delegates will elect a Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer, 2nd Representative to the state Dem-NPL Policy Committee and hear legislative update from Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman. Senator Joan Heckaman is serving her 8th Legislative session, her 3rd session as Senate Minority Leader.
The current district officers are Chair Sharon Ludwig of New Rockford, Vice- Chair Austin Langley of Warwick, Secretary Ben Vig of Sharon, Treasurer Dewey Heckaman of New Rockford, and Senator Joan Heckaman of New Rockford. Ben Vig is also the 2nd Representative to the Dem-NPL Policy Committee.
Sen. Heckaman: Exactly, yes. I know there are several communities around the state that have started their own local life theaters now and they ve been really well-received and they ve been so important to the communities.
Dave: I know COVID has been kind of an overarching subject of the session, given all the things that you had to do in order to allow social distancing, to wear masks, but I heard a lot about that today when the Senate, as we re recording this, has passed a bill 40 to seven to basically say, We re gonna call the legislature back into special session or have the governor call it back to the special session within 60 days after a disaster that s declared. And it looked to me like it was possibly a party line vote with the Democrats siding more with the governor. Am I correct?
On this week's Legislative Review, Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman (D-New Rockford) discusses bonding and infrastructre, proposals for family leave
No easy answers for a COVID-19 vaccine requirement at North Dakota schools
A vaccine will be critical for getting campuses back to normal operations and events, UND President Andrew Armacost said. 7:00 am, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
Lake Region Health unit public health nurse Annette Groves changes her gloves during a COVID-19 mass testing event in Devils Lake in September. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
A coronavirus vaccine may help North Dakota colleges return to some form of normalcy next fall, but could students one day be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19 before entering school?
The answer isn’t so simple.
Karol Riedman, chief compliance officer for the North Dakota University System, said, while the State Board of Higher Education requires certain vaccinations for college students, it’s limited to the list of childhood vaccinations included in state law.