NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENTTentative AgendaHIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEETuesday, March 2, 2010Roughrider Room, State CapitolBismarck, North Dakota9:00 a.m. Call to orderRoll callConsideration of the minutes from the January 19-20, 2010, meetingHIGHER EDUCATION STUDY9:05 a.m. Comments by the chairman regarding the committee meeting9:10 a.m. Presentations by representatives of the North Dakota University System regarding:• The University System’s long-term […]

TR, A Cowboy on His Way to the White House A presentation by humanities scholar, D. Jerome Tweton and the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Wednesday, February 17 Valley City State UniversityScience Center Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18 The Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead7:00 p.m. Monday, March 1Dickinson State UniversityBeck Auditorium7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 2

Two incumbent legislators in Minot’s District 5 will not be seeking re-election this fall. Sen. Tom Seymour and Rep. Elwood Thorpe, both D-Minot, are not running. District 5 Democrats have endorsed Rep. Louis Pinkerton to seek re-election to a second term. Thorpe, a long-time legislator, said he feels the time has come to step aside

2010 priorities set: The ITCND board of directors has approved the 2010 work plan, which serves as the organization’s road map for the upcoming year. Identified by the board as 2010 priorities were: – Continuing implementation of the IT Career Awareness Program with the objective of informing 7-12th graders, their parents and educators, of North

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Week in ReviewU.S. illegal immigrant population declinesThe population of illegal immigrants in the United States has declined by 7 percent from an estimated 11.6 million to 10.8 million for the year ending January 2009, compared to the previous year; about 37 percent are believed to have entered the country in the last decade; 44 percent

Dear Senator Seymour: Below is a link to the new report from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), Poised to Run: Women’s Pathways to the State Legislatures, with findings from the most comprehensive study ever conducted on this subject. Many thanks to all the state legislators who, by responding to our survey, made

Volume XVIII, No. 5In our latest one-on-oneconversation, SNCJ talkswith MASSACHUSETTSSen. Richard Moore(D) about his state’shistoric health carereform program and thesurprising election ofScott Brown.A few words with: MASSACHUSETTS Sen. Richard Moore MASSCHUSETTS Sen. Richard Moore (D) was one of the principalarchitects of the historic legislation that gave his state nearuniversal health care coverage. With health care

NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENTTentative AgendaBUDGET SECTIONThursday, March 11, 2010Senate Chamber, State CapitolBismarck, North Dakota9:00 a.m. Call to orderRoll callConsideration of the minutes of the December 15, 2009, meeting9:05 a.m. Presentation by representatives of the Office of Management and Budget regarding:• Status of the general fund• Irregularities in the fiscal practices of the state pursuant to

NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENTMinutes of theHIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEETuesday and Wednesday, January 19-20, 2010Roughrider Room, State CapitolBismarck, North DakotaRepresentative Bob Skarphol, Chairman, calledthe meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday,January 19, 2010.Members present: Representatives BobSkarphol, Lois Delmore, Mark A. Dosch, KathyHawken, Brenda Heller, Dennis Johnson, NancyJohnson, RaeAnn G. Kelsch, Joe Kroeber, BobMartinson, Darrell D. Nottestad,

MSU alumnus gives $1MCalifornia entrepreneur, wife establish program encouraging business endeavors By ANDREA JOHNSON, Staff Writer ajohnson@minotdailynews.com POSTED: February 10, 2010 Save | Print | Email | Read comments | Post a comment Email: “MSU alumnus gives $1M” *To:

February 8, 2010 FLORIDAInnovate — for our future New university chancellor seeks cooperation with lawmakers BY FRANK T. BROGANfrank.brogan@flbog.eduHere’s some good news: Florida’s economy is showing some new life. And here’s a challenge: Do we want to go back to business as usual, or are we prepared to build something new?I think we can take