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Tomorrow, Saturday October 26, 2019, is national prescription drug “Take Back Day.” Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem reminds North Dakota residents who want to safely dispose of unused prescription and over the counter medications that they can turn to the state’s free, year-round Take Back program or companion MedSafe program.

Nicholas J. DeRosier, of East Grand Forks, MN, and his businesses, Team Lawn, Inc. and Vaughn Construction, Inc., have been banned from doing business in North Dakota.

The Frontier Village Association violated multiple requirements of the open meetings law because it did not include the location or time of a special meeting on the agenda, or the legal authority for closing a portion of the meeting, and it also did not post the agenda or provide it to anyone who had asked to receive meeting notices.

North Dakota has submitted rebuttal comments to the US Department of Transportation, continuing its effort to overturn a recently passed Washington state law regulating the volatility of crude oil transported by rail for loading and unloading in that state. 

The skilled workforce student loan repayment program is available to graduates of four-year institutions if all other eligibility requirements are met. 

The ND Department of Transportation is required to provide one free set of special license plates for an eligible volunteer responder, and to  waive the annual registration fee of one vehicle.

The Board of Chiropractic Examiners properly held two executive sessions and properly denied a request for the recordings of the executive sessions.

The City of Minot violated the law by holding a meeting that was inaccessible to the public when the city council held its annual retreat at a location approximately 70 miles outside the city’s jurisdiction.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem confirmed today that North Dakota is participating in a multistate investigation of Google’s business practices.

An applicant for appointment to the State Board of Higher Education must have been a resident of North Dakota for at least five consecutive years prior to the date the appointment becomes effective.