Stenehjem asks ND Supreme Court to reject lawmaker petition challenging Burgum vetoes

By John Hageman on Jan 12, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, right, talks with Doug Burgum, left, in Fargo, N.D. on Nov. 24, 2015. Carrie Snyder / Forum News Service

BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, on Friday, Jan. 12, asked the state Supreme Court to reject arguments from lawmakers who challenged Gov. Doug Burgum's vetoes, arguing that two bills passed last year give too much power to a subset of the Legislature.

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John Hageman

John Hageman covers North Dakota politics from the Forum News Service bureau in Bismarck. He attended the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, where he studied journalism and political science, and he previously worked at the Grand Forks Herald and Bemidji Pioneer.

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