A bill to limit how North Dakota public schools treat transgender students will be the first of Gov. Doug Burgum’s appetite for socially conservative gender legislation.
The proposal sponsored by Sen. Larry Luick, R-Fairmount, at the request of the North Dakota Catholic Conference, states that public school instructors must use a student’s pronoun if it doesn’t match their sex at birth. An instructor would be allowed to use the pronoun a transgender student likes, but only if the child’s parents and a school administrator give their approval.
Schools would be prohibited from offering instruction that recognizes the concept that gender identity may differ from sex at birth.
The bill also states that public bodies and other government entities require workers to use a transgender colleague’s pronoun of liking in work-related communications.
Proponents say the law supports those caught in the spotlight of a national debate over pronouns. Opponents argue that the law discriminates against transgender youth, who are already endangered by intellectual fitness issues.
From the Bismarck Tribune Forum News Service
North Dakota motorists can legally ride the state’s interstates at 80 mph according to an invoice addressed to Gov. Doug Burgum.
The bill would increase the speed limit on interstates from 75 mph to 80 mph. There are two freeways in North Dakota: I-94 which runs east-west south, adding via Bismarck-Mandan, and I-29 which runs north-south through the eastern Red River Valley.
Supporters said the bill would buy motorists time and their threat of being stopped. Opponents said higher speeds would rack up deaths on the road.
Koppelman told the House last month that the state Department of Transportation would retain the ability to adjust the speed limit in areas of interest, such as curves and the scenic segment of the Badlands near Medora, and could work with cities on the speed limit. where roads pass through urban spaces and speeds on roads are reduced. Koppelman unsuccessfully proposed the invoice another 3 times.
Oil companies that get the best prices for their product will likely see a reduced tax rate in North Dakota after lawmakers gave the green light to the law subsidized by the tough oil industry.
The proposal through Rep. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier, makes an exception for oil wells that touch the Fort Berthold reservation of the Mandan Nation, Hidatsa and Arikara.
Supporters of Headland’s bill argue that reducing the cause of the oil tax will inspire greater investment in Bakken’s oil box and create equity in the state’s tax code.
Gov. Doug Burgum has indicated in the past that he will issue a bill for the so-called oil tax trigger, which he called “excessive profit tax for corporations that invest heavily in our industry. “
A COVID-19 outbreak at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead has left dozens of people with health problems and 3 dead.
The first known case on March 8 and the Eventide control know 70 citizens and 22 workers infected with COVID-19. However, by the beginning of next week, 30 citizens will have recovered.
Most citizens delight in mild symptoms, according to Carrie Carney, vice president of marketing and communications.
Eventide’s control has also raised awareness on Facebook and on its website.
The source of the outbreak was attributed to an asymptomatic host and an asymptomatic staff member, Carney said in an email.
“We are following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rules to mitigate COVID-19 at our facility and conduct further testing,” Carney said.
Many Minnesota communities have already limited the sale of flavored tobacco products, yet some have banned them altogether, adding Moorhead, Bloomington and Edina. Cities like Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth have sales limited to adult stores.
“Ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored tobacco products is a vital factor of racial justice and public fitness that will save lives, decrease fitness disparities and children,” said Sylvia Amos, executive director of the Stairstep Foundation, an activist with the Black. group network. “It is imperative that we care about each and every life, but especially the most vulnerable and underrepresented lives. “
Public fitness studies have found that menthol cigarettes make it less difficult to start smoking and are much harder to quit. The vast majority of black smokers, 85 percent, report smoking menthols, while only 29 percent of white smokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.