SACRAMENTO, California, July 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 1, 2021: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit supporting North Dakota's regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). PBMs act as a middleman between pharmacies, drug manufacturers, health insurance plans, and consumers. Their position gives th  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 28, 2021: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that California will restrict state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia as a result of new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation recently enacted in each state. The states are a part of a recent, dangerous wave of discriminatory new bills signed into law in states across the country that dire  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general from across the country, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, in an amicus brief to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of North Dakota laws that regulate abusive behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). These laws have been challenged by the PBM industry's national lobby  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued the following news release on July 1, 2021: Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general in an amicus brief to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of North Dakota laws that regulate abusive behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which have been challenged by the PBM industry's national lobbying association. The case, Pharmaceutical Care Manage  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 2 -- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following news on July 1, 2021: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today led a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general from across the country in an amicus brief to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of North Dakota laws that regulate abusive behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which have been challenged by the PBM industry's national lobbying association. The case, Pharmaceutic  more

MINOT, North Dakota, July 2 (TNSPar) -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State University has partnered with Magic City Day Care Center to bring daycare services to the MSU campus, the University announced Thursday. Magic City Day Care Center will begin offering services in Dakota Hall on Thursday, July 1. This partnership will benefit both the Minot State community as well as the greater Minot community. "I can't stress enough how welcomed, loved, and supported  more

MINOT, North Dakota, June 29 (TNSPer) -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State University President Dr. Steven Shirley was recently elected vice-chair of the NCAA Division II Presidents Council, effective July 1. Shirley initially began serving on the Division II Presidents Council, Division II's highest governing body responsible for setting strategic direction and overseeing financial affairs, in August 2019. The vice-chair position is a one-year term with the  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 30 -- North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued the following news release: Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is warning all North Dakota residents about another new twist to an old scam. The old scam - an email or text "notification" that a charge has supposedly been made to your Amazon or Apple account - has an updated twist. Victims are now being directed to send or upload a copy of their driver's license to "verify" their identity. The driver's licens  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 28 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is a critical step in implementing President Biden's Build Back Better vision. This is a framework that all North Dakotans can champion, and we should be seeing support from the NDGOP officials including Senators Hoeven & Cramer in Congress and across the state. The Dem-NPL has fought for decades to improve the conditions of our infras  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on June 30, 2021: Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford today applauded the sale of Coal Creek Station to Rainbow Energy Center LLC as a landmark moment for the future of energy production in North Dakota and the culmination of more than a year of determined efforts by the administration and others to save the state's largest power plant, preserving critical baseload power and hundreds of jobs.   more

WILLISTON, North Dakota, June 29 (TNSPar) -- Williston State College issued the following news release: Williston State College and North Dakota State University School of Nursing are collaborating to create a seamless transition for WSC students with two-year nursing degrees to pursue their Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees through NDSU's completely online RN to BSN program. "NDSU and WSC are both excited to launch this partnership," said WSC President John Miller. "It creates a fantasti  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 2 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Attorney General Doug Peterson joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general from across the country, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, in an amicus brieff to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of North Dakota laws that regulate abusive behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which have been challenged by the PBM industry's national lobbying associatio  more