North Dakota House reconsiders bill on term limits, sends it to conference committee

North Dakota House reconsiders bill on term limits, sends it to conference committee

BISMARCK — The North Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 8, reconsidered and passed a bill on when to start the clock on lawmaker’s term limits, after they voted the bill down the day prior. House Bill 1300 was originally introduced by Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo. His version of the bill stated “the time for calculating the number of years of service for members of the legislative assembly” for term limits started on Nov. 7, 2…

A surprising response to term limits

I read with surprise the comments of some River Forest Village Board members to the results of the referendum in the April 2 edition of Wednesday Journal: (https://www.oakpark.com/2025/04/01/river-forest-term-limit-referendum-result/)  I was especially puzzled by the comments of Trustee Lisa Gillis. She opposes term limits because with term limits “[The village] is going to run into a situation where we’re not going to have the caliber of people…