BadAss Grandmas Pushed for an Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.

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News Summary

  • North Dakota was one of the last states in the country to form an ethics oversight agency
  • The commission has not substantiated any of the 81 complaints it has received
  • It has dismissed 47, most because it lacked the authority to investigate them
  • A new legislative session begins this week in Bismarck
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