Considerations underway for appointing county auditor over traditional election
Stark County Commissioners held public commentary on considerations to alter the system of selection of auditor from elected to appointed. Residents and commissioners engaged in debates on the merits of both options, while the overwhelmingly popular views at the podium favored keeping the position elected. Written By: James Miller | ×
Residents and commissioners engaged in debates on the merits of considerations to alter the system of selection of auditor from elected to appointed. (Photo by James B. Miller, Jr. / The Dickinson Press)
Stark County Commissioners on Tuesday, May 4, held the first of two public commentary sessions aimed at getting public feedback on whether ongoing considerations to change the county auditor position from an electoral process to one through appointment have public support.
Gov. Doug Burgum on April 26, signed a proclamation designating North Dakota as a âSecond Amendment Sanctuary State,â reinforcing the stateâs support for the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Burgum signed the proclamation during a ceremonial signing with legislators for several bills approved this session to protect the rights of North Dakotans to possess and carry firearms.
âBoth the U.S. Constitution and North Dakota Constitution recognize our citizensâ inalienable right to keep and bear arms, and designating North Dakota as a Second Amendment Sanctuary State sends a strong message to Congress and the White House that we will firmly resist any attempts to infringe on those rights,â Burgum said. âWe are deeply grateful to all of the legislators who sponsored and supported these bills and worked to strengthen North Dakotaâs commitment to the Second Amendment.â
May 4, 2021
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Hunter Andes and Margret Yellowbird, teachers at White Shield High School, took White Shieldâs seventh, eighth, and Sahnish I and II classes to the ceremonial signing on April 28 of SB 2304 â a bill to require a unit of Native American history in K-12 education. Andes and Yellowbird have taken the students four times to support and testify in behalf of the bill.
NEW TOWN -A historic bill that will require North Dakota public and nonpublic schools to teach Native American history in their curriculums passed recently in the North Dakota Senate in a resounding victory for tribal communities, leaders, students and educators.
Mike Nowatzki and Mike Kennedy
BISMARCK– North Dakota is funding infrastructure, education and other priorities, putting the Legacy Fund to work for current and future generations, and maintaining healthy reserves without raising taxes, Gov. Doug Burgum said today after the 67th Legislative Assembly adjourned its regular session sine die.
“This session delivered results that keep North Dakota on the path toward a bright and prosperous future,” Burgum said. “Working with the Legislature, we’ve delivered a balanced budget that keeps general fund spending in check, makes strategic investments in education, the economy and tax relief, and contains the largest infrastructure bonding package in state history – paid for with Legacy Fund earnings and not one extra dollar from taxpayers’ pockets.”
Burgum: Session keeps general fund spending in check, invests in infrastructure without raising taxes and puts Legacy Fund to work for North Dakotans
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota is funding infrastructure, education and other priorities, putting the Legacy Fund to work for current and future generations, and maintaining healthy reserves without raising taxes, Gov. Doug Burgum said today after the 67
th Legislative Assembly adjourned its regular session
sine die.
“This session delivered results that keep North Dakota on the path toward a bright and prosperous future,” Burgum said. “Working with the Legislature, we’ve delivered a balanced budget that keeps general fund spending in check, makes strategic investments in education, the economy and tax relief, and contains the largest infrastructure bonding package in state history – paid for with Legacy Fund earnings and not one extra dollar from taxpayers’ pockets.”