North Dakota State Senators in the region were split in voting over a bill to expand a free lunch program for schoolchildren from low-income families, a bill that failed by one vote.
Bills originating from our local legislator's have made their way to the opposite half of the state legislature, while one bill that has been creating a firestorm across the state receiving massive amendments to make it toothless, if not reverse course entirely.
As more of our legislator's 37 bills have made it through to crossover, here is how each Senator and Representative have made progress this legislative session.
Here is the tale of the tape.
Freshman District 23 Senator Todd Beard
In his first term in office, Senator Beard was named to committee memberships of: Education, Energy and Natural Resources, as well as chairing the Correction and Revisio
As we quickly approach a month that our elected officials have been at work in Bismarck, here is the latest on what they have been up to.
Several bills have been passed on to the other body of congress with one falling flat thus far. Here is the tale of the tape.
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Ahead of tomorrow's legislative forum in Williston for Districts 1, 2, and 23, brush up on what they have been up to in Bismarck.
Here is an update as to what they have been up to.
Freshman District 23 Senator Todd Beard
In his first term in office, Senator Beard was named to committee memberships of: Education, Energy and Natural Resources, as well as chairing the Correction and Revision of the J