North Dakota government boards consider tighter media policies, raising concerns about transparency
Members of the Board of University and School Lands and the State Investment Board have recently proposed new policies on their interactions with the news media. Some members have prioritized a unified board message, but advocates for public access said they hope the discussions aren t indicative of a trend. Written By: Adam Willis | ×
North Dakota Land Commissioner Jodi Smith listens during a Land Board meeting in March 2019. Forum News Service file photo
BISMARCK State officials on two North Dakota government boards have called for new policies on dealings with the press in recent weeks, developments that some board members and observers say could lead to dangerous curtailments on public transparency.
Members of the Board of University and School Lands and the State Investment Board have recently proposed new policies on their interactions with the news media. Some members have prioritized a unified board message, but advocates for public access said they hope the discussions aren't indicative of a trend.
It was a discussion as remarkable for its content state officials openly talking about how to be less candid with the public as the people involved in it.
Some say new North Dakota forfeiture rules still need work
JACK DURA, The Bismarck Tribune
March 5, 2021
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Proceeds from nearly a year of civil asset forfeitures in North Dakota totaled more than $500,000 a first look at forfeited property in the state under a 2019 law that might see more reporting elements added by this year’s Legislature.
North Dakota’s attorney general filed a report last fall on cash, vehicles, firearms and other property forfeited from criminal activity from August 2019 through June 2020.
The report compiling statewide data is the first of its kind in North Dakota, implemented under a 2019 law changing aspects of the state’s forfeiture proceedings.
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