October 31, 2024CONTACT: Suzie Weigel, 701.328.2210BISMARCK - Attorney General Drew Wrigley today joined a coalition of 50 states and territories announcing two significant settlements and cooperation agreements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread,...
October 21, 2024Request: A water resource district is required by law to exercise its discretion in determining whether a landowner must replace culverts or fill in a ditch when it was not the landowner who removed the culverts. You can view this opinion at: 2024-L-03[print-me]...
October 9, 2024CONTACT: Suzie Weigel, 701.328.2210BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, with the full support of Gov. Doug Burgum, today joined a 20-state coalition, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and South Carolina Attorney General...
October 4, 2024Request: Whether a sitting district court judge, who has reached his or her rule of 85, may collect retirement benefits from the NDPERS main plan without first retiring from his or her current position as a judge. Whether, to collect from the NDPERS...
September 11, 2024Request: Whether Southwest Healthcare Services is a public entity subject to open records laws and, if so, whether they improperly denied a request for records.Conclusion: Southwest Healthcare Services is a public entity subject to open records laws to the extent it uses or...
September 11, 2024Request: Whether Stanley Rural Ambulance District properly responded to a request for records.Conclusion: Stanley Rural Ambulance District’s response that no additional records existed complied with open records law.You can view this opinion at: 2024-O-08[print-me]...
September 11, 2024Request:1. Whether Stanley Rural Ambulance District properly noticed a special meeting.2. Whether Stanley Rural Ambulance District properly responded to a request for records.Conclusion:1. While announcing a special meeting 5 minutes before it commences is a short amount of time to notice a...
August 7, 2023Request: Whether the North Dakota Highway Patrol and State Radio violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 when they failed to provide a 911 transcript.Conclusion: The North Dakota Highway Patrol and State Radio violated open records law when each entity failed to provide a 911 transcript...