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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Dakota Newsletter for Sunday April 23, 2023 ( 4 items )  

ALTA, AARP Applaud North Dakota for Passage of NTRAPS Bill
WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNSgov) -- The American Land Title Association issued the following news release: The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, alongside AARP and the AARP North Dakota applaud the North Dakota legislature for passing House Bill 1188, which will protect homeowners from the predatory practice of filing of unfair real estate fee agreements in property records, known as Non-Title Record Agreements for Personal  more

Human Rights Campaign Condemns North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum for Endangering Transgender Youth in North Dakota, Signing Gender Affirming Care Ban Into Law
BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 21 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, rebuked North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum for Wednesday's signing of HB 1254, making North Dakota the fourteenth state to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth via statute. Under this new law, doctors will be subject to criminal   more

NGA: Governors Murphy, Whitmer Hold Convening on Strengthening Youth Mental Health
DETROIT, Michigan, April 20 (TNSgov) -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: National Governors Association (NGA) Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy continued his nationwide listening tour on youth mental health issues with an event hosted by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The Governors held a roundtable discussion with those on the frontlines of youth mental health care in the third of a series of conversations to advance the NGA Chair  more

Short to Be New NDNA Board President
BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 19 (TNSper) -- The North Dakota Newspaper Association issued the following news: Cole Short, editor of the Hillsboro Banner, has been nominated for president of the NDNA board. Election of officers and directors will be held May 13 at the association's annual meeting during the convention at Spirit Lake Casino, near Devils Lake, ND. Short will succeed Amy Wobbema of the New Rockford Transcript and Foster County Independent, Carrington. His nomination, as well as   more