From a press release issued today by the University of North Dakota Student Government: A survey of UND students regarding the potential addition of North Dakota as an option for the eventual public nickname vote drew 3262 responses over two days. Unique links were sent to each student to prevent respondents from voting multiple times…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 10 Wed to Fri Highlights- Higher Ed Governance Models and Email, State Employee Retirement Age
On Monday we covered legislative activities occurring on March 9th and 10th. Today we wrap up the rest of Week 10 by reviewing Wednesday through Friday’s hearings. Wednesday, March 11th Higher Education Governance Models Study House Education Pioneer Room 9:00am HCR 3046 was introduced late in the first half of the session by Reps Carlson, Belter, Delzer, and Vigesaa;…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 10 Mon and Tue Highlights- Initiated Measure Reform, Student Datamining and Testing Opt Out, and Higher Ed “Pay it Forward” Models
The first full week of the second half of the 64th Legislative Assembly kicks off on Monday, March 9th; which is also Day 42 of the session’s 80 day calendar. We did not bring you a weekly update last week due to the short number of days, and our focus on the Legislative Ranking Scorecards…
64th Assembly Halftime Report: Senate Rankings
Yesterday we posted the rankings for the House of Representatives at the halfway mark of the 64th Assembly. The system for ranking was explained in that post, so I won’t go back through it here. Instead we will jump right into the Senate rankings for the 64th Legislative Assembly Senate Results Top Ten The top…
UPDATE- 64th Assembly Halftime Report: House Rankings
This update corrects a minor formula error. Points changed but for the most part changes to overall rankings remains minor; in averaging all changes to rankings the result was zero. Still, we want to be accurate so we are updating the post to reflect corrected info The Legislature returns to the Capital today from their crossover break to…
64th Assembly Halftime Report: Just the Stats…
The 64th Legislative Assembly hit their halftime mark last Thursday, February 26th. As Rob posted about then, 649 of 936 bills and resolutions survived their chamber of introduction, with 257 being killed and 4 withdrawn. The remaining 26 await action in their chambers of introduction; these are Concurrent Resolutions which do not require determination by…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 7 Highlights- State Sovereignty, Student Free Speech, Separation of Powers, and Autonomous Vehicles
Monday, February 16th marks the start of week 7 of the session. Monday is a bit of a slow day for hearings starting off a slow week, which is probably a good thing after the Common Core and Tobacco floor battles last week. The only somewhat interesting one is HCR 3022. This resolution, if passed, would put…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 6 Highlights- Child Datamining, More State Health Exchange Studies, and Filling US House and Senate Vacancies
Week 6 of the 64th Legislative Assembly kicks off on Monday, February 9th. Below are just a few of the bills we are keeping an eye on this week. Monday, February 9th Datamining of Student Information House Education Pioneer 9:00am The past couple of weeks I have written about how Common Core (and HB 1461…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 5 Highlights- Medical Marijuana, Drones, Residency of Legislators, Constitutional Conventions, and Provisional Ballots
On Sunday we featured activities happening in the Legislature during Week 5 which start on Monday. We cover the rest of the week’s highlights below. Tuesday, February 3rd Tuesday actually looks like a pretty light day from our perspective, and probably necessarily so based on the intense debate which we anticipate will surround Common Core on Monday. Here…
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 5 Highlights Monday Sneak Preview- Common Core and other things K-12, State-based Health Care exchanges
Week 5 of the 64th Legislative Assembly kicks off Monday, and the battle for the hearts and minds (literally) of our kids will be front and center as Common Core and other related topics are the highlight. Since these hearings begin right away, we wanted to kick out a sneak preview of our weekly post…
