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Section 3 of Senate Bill 2004, which requires the State Auditor to obtain approval from a legislative committee before conducting audits, likely violates the separation of powers doctrine and would be found unconstitutional by a court.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today released North Dakota’s crime statistics for 2018. The Crime Report is compiled from information reported by local law enforcement agencies across the state.

State law requires a real estate appraiser to have a permit to perform appraisals. 

In an opinion issued today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the preliminary injunction blocking the proposed acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic by Sanford Health, which injunction was issued by the US District Court in the antitrust case brought by Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and the Federal Trade Commission on June 11, 2017.

The Industrial Commission did not violate the open records law by withholding records in an application because those records had previously been designated as confidential.

A city may not enact an ordinance similar to or identical to a state criminal law unless given specific statutory authority to regulate that area.

On Wednesday May 15, 2019, the state's annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service will be held on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck, beginning at 1:00 pm.

The city of Napoleon did not violate the law because the discussions by the mayor and two council members were not subject to open meetings requirements.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem co-sponsored a bipartisan effort involving 38 states and territorial Attorneys General, urging Congress to pass the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (H.R. 1595) and give legal marijuana-related businesses access to the federal banking system. 

The City of Mandan did not have any records but failed to inform the requester within a reasonable time that no records existed.