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GOP-led panel to redraw North Dakota redistricting maps By JAMES MacPHERSONJune 9, 2021 GMT BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republicans, who vastly outnumber Democrats in the Legislature, will lead a committee to redraw North Dakota’s legislative districts this year, a task that will influence the political balance of power for the next decade. A redistricting committee of 14 Republicans and two Democrats was picked Wednesday during a meeting of Legislative Management, a 17-member GOP-led panel of lawmakers that handles the Legislature’s business between sessions. A seat on the redistricting com...

The GOP-controlled committee, which includes 14 Republicans and two Democrats, holds the influential role of redrawing North Dakota's legislative districts for the next decade. The state’s population has increased substantially over the last decade, and this year's redistricting is expected to see some seats shift from rural to urban areas.

North Dakota committee OKs ban on LGBT conversion therapy The members of the Administrative Rules Committee voted 8-7 on Tuesday, June 8, to authorize the prohibition proposed by the North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners, which oversees licensing for social workers in the state. 11:28 am, Jun. 9, 2021 × North Dakota House Minority Leader Josh Boschee, D-Fargo, speaks at a bill signing on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service) BISMARCK — A panel of North Dakota lawmakers has narrowly approved a new ethical standard barring social workers fro...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republicans, who vastly outnumber Democrats in the Legislature,...

Republicans will lead a new committee that will redraw North Dakota’s legislative districts this year.