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Twenty-five of them can use all the excuses they want. What they did is shameful.

2:01 The state House of Representatives has voted to expel Dickinson Republican Representative Luke Simons because of sexual harassment. The vote was 69 to 25. It needed a two-thirds vote, or 63, to pass. Simons has been accused of inappropriate comments made toward female colleagues and interns. "This is not about someone occasionally using coarse language, or saying something that was misconstrued," said House Majority Leader Chet Pollert (R-Carrington), one of the authors of the expulsion resolution. "This is about a pattern of inappropriate behavior, and about someone who was given multip...

A female minority There are 30 female lawmakers in the 66th North Dakota session, making the Legislature 21 percent female. According to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, that is a slight uptick from sessions over the past 10 years, in which the number hovered between 15 and 19 percent. Some female lawmakers say they do feel pressure because of gender, particularly female Democrats who represent a “double minority” as Sen. Erin Oban, D-Bismarck, calls herself. Erin Oban, D-BismarckCourtesy of North Dakota Newspaper Association “At least the first 10 days, that was...

By Dave Thompson BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public Radio) – The House has put the brakes on a bill to raise the speed limits on the Interstate highways to 80 miles an hour. The bill says the speeds would be raised if and when the Department of Transportation determines the interstates can support that speed. Another section of the bill would have set a minimum 40 miles per hour speed on those highways. The bill was split into two sections — one on the higher limit, one on the minimum. Cando Republican Representative Greg Westlind argued against the higher speed limit. He admitted he sets his...

1:14 The House has put the brakes on a bill to raise the speed limits on the Interstate highways to 80 miles an hour. The bill says the speeds would be raised if and when the Department of Transportation determines the interstates can support that speed. Another section of the bill would have set a minimum 40 miles per hour speed on those highways. The bill was split into two sections -- one on the higher limit, one on the minimum. Rep. Greg Westlind (R-Cando) argued against the higher speed limit, even though he admitted he sets his cruise control to 82 miles an hour on the Interstates.