August 16, 2022
Dem-NPL Lawmakers, Candidates applaud signing of Inflation Reduction Act
Today, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The new law will help to reduce inflation and lower health care and energy costs for North Dakota families – and does not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year U.S. Senate Candidate Katrina Christiansen remarked, “This will lower energy costs, insulin […]
August 15, 2022
Dem-NPL Senate Candidate Christiansen blasts Hoeven incompetence, Becker extremism
On Monday morning, State Rep. Rick Becker entered the U.S. Senate Race as an “independent conservative,” making it a three-way race among him, John Hoeven, and Katrina Christiansen. Christiansen, the Democratic-NPL candidate, said, “Becker entering the race indicates just how weak Hoeven is—the whole federal delegation is the weakest one ND has ever had. At […]
August 9, 2022
AG Candidate Lamb applauds N.D. Supreme Court Decision in Landowners’ Rights Case
Tim Lamb, candidate for North Dakota Attorney General, applauds the recent North Dakota Supreme Court decision in favor of landowners’ rights. In Northwest Landowners Association v. State, 2022 ND 150, the Court held that landowners’ sub-surface land rights are protected by the constitution. The case challenged a new law giving sub-surface rights or what is […]
August 1, 2022
Dem-NPL Lawmakers Request AG Opinion to Clarify ND Abortion Law
Two Democratic-NPL lawmakers today requested an opinion from North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley to clarify the state’s abortion restrictions. Reps. Zac Ista (D-Grand Forks) and Karla Rose Hanson (D-Fargo) said conflicts in statute could result in doctors not treating life-threatening ectopic pregnancies or victims of rape requiring permission from a spouse to obtain an […]
July 29, 2022
Sens. Heckaman and Potter demand answers at Press Conference Thursday
Calls for investigations mount as Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman and D-35 Senator Tracy Potter demand answers regarding multiple issues that have engulfed the Attorney General’s office over the past few weeks. “There seems to be a lack of authority to even lease this building, let alone pay for improvements to a building the state […]
“Outrageous and Baffling” says Dem-NPL Chair on Attorney General Drew Wrigley Refusal to Call for Outside Investigate into Deleted Email Account
On Friday, Democratic-NPL Party Chair Patrick Hart said, “It’s outrageous and baffling that Drew Wrigley has decided not to investigate this further. Is he trying to hide something? Democrats and Republicans across the state have called for this. What is going on?” Yesterday, Tim Lamb, candidate for North Dakota Attorney General, demanded that an independent […]
July 22, 2022
Dem-NPL Federal Candidates Christiansen and Haugen blast opponents for spineless inaction on Jan 6th attack on U.S. Capitol
Following the Thursday January 6th Committee Hearing, U.S. Senate Candidate Katrina Christiansen and U.S. House Candidate Mark Haugen criticized their opponents, for their milquetoast responses to the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Hoeven hides until favorable winds are blowing. The Jan. 6th committee hearings have shown just how dangerous GOP complacency and hunger for power […]
Dem-NPL AG Candidate, Tim Lamb Demands Independent Special Prosecutor Investigate Attorney General Email Account Issues
Tim Lamb, candidate for North Dakota Attorney General, demands that an independent special prosecutor be appointed to conduct an investigation into the intentional deletion of the former attorney general’s entire email history. The facts in this instance indicate that the day after Wayne Stenehjem died, his entire attorney general state government email account was ordered […]
July 19, 2022
Dem-NPL Chair Calls for Investigation into AG Email Deletion
Today on News and Views with Joel Heitkamp, Democratic-NPL Party Chair Pat Hart reamed the likely criminal activity which occurred when the late Attorney General’s email account was deleted and called for an investigation. “These are people that know better,” said Hart, “They knew what they were doing, and they did it anyway. What else […]
July 18, 2022
“More Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” snaps Dem-NPL Chair on Deleted Attorney General Email Account
Emails revealed that the day after Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem died, his spokeswoman, Liz Brocker, requested his email account be deleted saying, “We want to make sure no one has an opportunity to make an Open Record request for his emails, especially as he kept EVERYTHING.” “Again and again we see waste, fraud, and abuse […]