The North Dakota Legislature is gearing up for the 2009 legislative session, which will occur mostly in the first quarter of the year.  A three-day organizational session begins today (December 1, 2008).  Items on the agenda include everything from where the legislators will sit to the presentation of the Governor’s budget on December 3. 
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Two recent editorials from Minot Daily News indicate that the editors are keeping a close watch on what goes on in the nation’s capitol. 
The newspaper published one editorial on November 22 questioning whether or not we will really see change in the next few years or just a change in who holds position and power.  The [...]

North Dakota farmers Wayne Hauge and David Monson, who wish to grow crops of industrial hemp, appeared with their case in the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals last week.  This post at StopTheDrugWar.org said it could take weeks or months to get a decision.
Monson and Hauge maintain that industrial hemp (used in products ranging from lotions to clothing) is not the same [...]