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Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 22 2009 2:20AM
Gov. John Hoeven says he's adopted an
advisory board's recommendation that the state workers compensation
agency give no dividend credits on business insurance bills during
the 2009-10 billing period. The dividends have cut employers' bills
by as muc
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 19 2009 2:15AM
North Dakota's college presidents and
university system chancellor will get 4 percent raises in the next
budget year.
The state Board of Higher Education approved employment
contracts for the chancellor and top college administrators at its
mee
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| Board: No work comp rate credits for ND employers Jun 18 2009 3:52PM
North Dakota's workers compensation
advisory board won't approve a new round of dividend credits for
companies this year. The decision means many businesses will be
paying higher bills.
In the past four years, the Workforce Safety and Insurance
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Chamber Session for Workers Jun 4 2009 7:22PM
Running a business is never an easy task, but being aware of changes in the business world isn't so hard if you're a Chamber of Commerce member.
Twice a year, the organization holds Business Update Workshops for its members that provide information on
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WSI Director Chosen Mar 6 2009 7:36PM
There's been plenty of turmoil at WSI in the past year but today there is good news... Governor Hoeven says who he's chosen a director for the agency...
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol commander Bryan Klipfel is the new Director of Workforce Sa
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| ND legislators not impressed by work comp choice Mar 6 2009 3:04PM
North Dakota's House Republican majority
leader says the choice of a new workers compensation director is a
big mistake.
Gov. John Hoeven appointed former Highway Patrol commander Bryan
Klipfel as director of the Workforce Safety and Insurance a
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| Hoeven Appoints Klipfel, Carlson To Manage WSI Mar 6 2009 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today appointed Bryan Klipfel as director of Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) and Clare Carlson as deputy director and public affairs officer for the agency.
Klipfel formerly served as superintendent of
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12wsi Mar 6 2009 12:57PM
Governor Hoeven names a new state WSI director today.
Good Afternoon, I am Sarah Gustin, thanks for joining us.
Less than an hour ago Governor Hoeven appointed
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent Bryan Klipfel as the new Workers Compen
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| Former Highway Patrol superintendent to be workers comp director... Mar 6 2009 12:22PM
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol
commander Bryan Klipfel has been named the state's new workers
compensation director.
Gov. John Hoeven announced the appointment today. Klipfel starts
March 16.
It's the governor's first hire since North
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| Bryan Klipfel named ND workers comp director Mar 6 2009 11:12AM
Former North Dakota Highway Patrol
superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state's new workers
compensation director.
Gov. John Hoeven announced Friday that he's chosen Klipfel for
the job. Klipfel starts March 16.
It's the governo
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Blunt Sentenced Feb 26 2009 6:39AM
The Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director is sentenced...and will spend no time in jail.
Sandy Blunt is given a two year deferred sentence in South Central District Court.
In December, a jury found Blunt guilty of misspending public f
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| Blunt Sentenced Feb 25 2009 11:16PM
The Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director is sentenced...and will spend no time in jail.
Sandy Blunt is given a two year deferred sentence in South Central District Court.
In December, a jury found Blunt guilty of misspending public f
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Blundt Sentenced Feb 25 2009 7:43PM
No jail time.
That's the sentence for the Former Workforce Safety and Insurance Director.
Sandy Blunt was given a two year, deferred sentence after being found guilty of misspending government funds.
Judge Bruce Romanick says he received nine
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| Reaction to Blunt sentence mixed at Legislature Feb 25 2009 4:35PM
North Dakota lawmakers have been following
the Sandy Blunt case. And they have mixed reactions today to the
sentence given to the former state workers compensation director.
Blunt was convicted of a felony charge of misspending public
money. Tod
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Former ND director gets deferred sentence Feb 25 2009 1:47PM
North Dakota's former workers compensation
director has been given a two-year deferred sentence with no jail
time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money.
The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt's record will be cleared
if he breaks no la
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Blundt Hopes to Avoid Jail Feb 24 2009 7:38PM
The lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt asked a judge not to sentence Blunt to jail.
Blunt is to be sentenced tomorrow in Bismarck for misspending over $10,000 in public money while he was director of the Workforce Sa
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| ND workers comp monopoly gets ND House support Feb 11 2009 2:14PM
North Dakota's workers compensation
insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House.
Representatives voted 86-7 Wednesday to defeat a bill that would
have allowed North Dakota employers to buy insurance from a private
company.
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Legislative Headlines Jan 15 2009 9:00PM
Here's a look at some of what has happening today in Bismarck at the State Legislature.
A group of lawmakers is pushing for a two year tuition freeze a the state's public colleges.
The bill would provide 26.5 million dollars to North Dakota's University
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Legislative Headlines Jan 13 2009 10:47PM
In Legislative News today...North Dakota's House has approved limiting the governor's power to change workers compensation rates.
The rates are set every year and North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency uses an independent actuary to recomme
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| Legislative Headlines Jan 13 2009 8:08PM
In Legislative News today...North Dakota's House has approved limiting the governor's power to change workers compensation rates.
The rates are set every year and North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency uses an independent actuary to recomme
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I think he should serve at least 5 years for his crime against the taxpayers of ND. He is not above the law,he deserves no mercy. Reply...
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The injured workers support group through these questions has proven how much detail and attention Hoeven has given WSI. Mathern has done a much better job filling out the questions. I agree with Matherns answers, and the detail he has put into them, as Hoeven basicly answered two questions in a row with the same answer. Reply...
If this has always been Hoeven's stance why didn't he call the legislature into special session last year? Or even better flex his own muscle in Bismarck and handle it internally?
Hoeven has finally learned the people of ND are on to him and his cronies. I see he lost one since majority leader Rick Berg is not running for re-election. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you are on or if your collar is blue or white, this effected all of ND negatively. The pathetic part of this is the WSI board and state legislators that were the architects of this fiasco are people who rely on hard working North Dakotans to make them money.
Rick Berg=realtor/developer
JP Weist=trucking
Al Carlson=construction
Bob Indvik=MinnKota Power Reply...
WSI is full of crooks,hope they clean house! Reply...
13 pounds in 15 days.... I have a family reunion to go to in cambridge next month. I wanted to try and lose 15 pounds. Surprizing how fast it comes off when you give up pepsi, and salt..... :)
Any good salt free recipes out there? Reply...
CHILL RIDER, I am half kidding.
Seriously, you will not find me going over a 22 mile long bridge unless my life depended on it, and even then I would say " ummmm, I'm thinking!"
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You drive with your eyes closed?? I wonder how many other women do that?
Maybe that explains it!!
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For your info RIDER, I do have to cross the NEW RIVER GORGE BRIDGE IN WEST VIRGINIA once a year, I drive to Cambridge Ohio, and I ALWAYS CLOSE MY EYES !
MADE IN CHINA........? Reply...
I wonder where the several hundred foot bridge that recently collapsed in Minneapolis was built? Reply...
China Trivia.
China just opened a new 22 mile long 6 lane bridge.. Would you drive on it? Considering it is MADE IN CHINA.
NOT ME. Reply...
The county must have figured Inviks pay was fudged also !!! Invik is a crook and he knows it. If his illegal actions arent wrong, than North Dakota must have no criminals, RIGHT.........WAKE UP!!!!!!! Reply...
My name is Clinton L. Weigand,
Injury date Dec,16,1998 to present
Are people not up to date on tecnologie, I beleive fraude is somthing of the past that insurance Co. such as WSI thrive on, With MRI, CAT scans, X-rays Blood work forencis tecnolgie you can't fake injurys unless the doctors in on it. I once tought work comp claims was all frade just lazy people out there, " Untile I Got Hurt" Now let me explaine how the insurance co. frauds now They will not pay for things like mri ect. that a doctor needs to prove an injury or disclaim an injury. without pre approvel. they fight like hell not to approve because one they have the facts they have to deal with the problem. Another thing if the doc gose allong with them they get paid right now. If not them put thmon a payment plan. The disonest docters usualy recomend Pysical theropy and resedul an office check up. They can make more this way.
The manager at the place i wourked at asked what are they paying for insurance for when they would not pay dissability benifets or be current on docter bills, latter called by Margret Wood of WSI and got chewed out because they were supose to be on the same team, I bealeive he replyed " who's on the injured workers side" My doctor also asked what they are doing for helping the injured worker and big agumentbroke out with MR.s Wood bumbling at the end with out awsers. I guess I think some one needs to just ask the simple Question " How dose WSI make it easy and helpfull for the injured worker?" They do not they run with no morals and, run a bussness every thing is for the doller not what is always right. They belong in the stock market not the injured worker market.
my question would be is it fedral frad when a privatized insurance Co. is taking money for protecting insurance injured workers, then leaving them out in the cold forcing them on goverment programs? Such as SSI, Low income housing, food stamps, Medacaid. I would like to say when I was getting dissabilaty benifets it was a mere 1,100 a month. With out benifets I receive 450 a month in food stamps, 650 a month in rent assestance, heating assistance 1.231 a year and as visa would say medicade priceless. what sence is there to let a privtized insurance take, and leave the injured worker to survive off the govment programs. why is there going to be no future for SSI because ND is molesting all programs. The other Question I think no one is looking at is THE INDEPENDENT REVEIW BORD, when I asked the question to Chuck K. supervisor at IRB "who sings you check" he replyed WSI NOW how is that fair I asked? I asked him if he ever herd the saying bite the hand tat feeds you. He laughted. The independent reveiw bord is not so independent.
The truth is that ND is making nashional news because of WSI handelings It is time for a good house cleaning. They all at WSI are theives in my eyes. Being allowed to steal from the crippeled peope.
I am hopping to speack with John Tester on this soon and see if we can bring light on ths issue, I was a supporter and atended his campane.
I would like people to know I had seen my doctor in Cando and he had told me I had an ijury to the spine at L-4 L-5 S-1 lower lumbar and would be refured to a specilest, then i seen doctor after doctor in ND they told me i had a strained back one hole month of PT was recommended. After I seen that I was going to get it by WSI i moved to Montana, After abought four years I seen a DR. Dube in GREAT FALLS MONTANA he told me he would do a MRI and if he seen somthing he would fix it if not he never wanted to see me again. MRI done Results came back damage to the lumbare spine at L-4, L-5, S-1 He scedualed surgury. Then he and I was informed it would be elective surgury. "cosmedic" and I would have to pay for it. after fighting with WSI and the REVEIW Bord I got Know were. So I hired Steve Snidder and right before we wen to court they said they would pay for it. Now how many people can come up with a 5,000 doller retainer + $185.00 an hour? that is wha the cost was. after all of this I've had another surgury and still have not been able to work. And the settelment for 1,800.00 ya one thousand eight hunderd they gave me for Permenent inpirment ran out shorty after my layerwanted $950.00 of it. Well I would liketo here your nightmare stories of WSI and mabe we ca get a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT agenst them. E-MIAL me @ the_man_in_black6@yahoo.cm or you can call me at 1-406-357-3432 love tohere from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sg - That's news to me that I was being banned but you have a way of telling people that when you feel that you are the one getting attacked. You are just to blame as Opinionated and should be banned, also. Telling someone that is banned to go find another computer to post on should be offense enough to ban. Reply...
ND Injured Worker Support Group Meeting.
We will be discussing ways to make changes to North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance and common problems obtaining benefits.
What: ND Injured Workers Support Group Meeting
When: Thursday March 27, 2008
Where: Hope Lutheran Church, 3636 25th St South, Fargo, ND 58104
Time: 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
For more information contact:
ndworkcomphelp@gmail.com
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ND Injured Worker Support Group Meeting.
We will be discussing ways to make changes to North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance and common problems obtaining benefits.
What: ND Injured Workers Support Group Meeting
When: Thursday March 27, 2008
Where: Hope Lutheran Church, 3636 25th St South, Fargo, ND 58104
Time: 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
For more information contact:
ndworkcomphelp@gmail.com
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WSI pays benefits @ 66.6% on wages they come up with, not wages you are hired at and injured at.
If WSI did its job for the injured worker like they say they do, they wouldn't be in the head lines. Its more like 95% lies instead of WSI paying out.
Fire the whole lot and start new. Hire some injured workers that know first hand what injured workers in ND have already been though, good knowledge of things not to do.
Spend less money trying to scew the injured worker out of benefits and computer training, and messing with Dr. appt's. and therapist.
It's a corupt WSI. Reply...
Hussein criticizes the rich for not being charitable enough. His tax records show that he had been giving .2 to 1.4 percent of his income (usually the lower end of the range) to ‘charity’ prior to running for president. Of course as soon as he started his run, that spiked to 6% showing Husseing can bring about real change. In all fairness, this is normal for Democrats. Algore gave just over $300 to charity the year before he decided to run for president, and that went to 7% the year he ran.
Most of Hussein’s so called “charitable” contributions were given to things like dance studio’s, political organizations, and the hate organization that he is a part of. Hussein is really helping the so called “poor” (or lazy) in his private life <sarcasm intended>. He lectures us about not helping the so called ‘poor’ (or lazy) but he doesn’t do this himeslf. Talk about a hypocrite!
If we were to do something really strange and judge Hussein by his actions rather than by his words, we could easily draw the conclusion that he doesn’t really care about the poor (or lazy), it is really power that he is after. Maybe he is not the messiah. Reply...
OP, yes, I will find you on court tv... :)
Whoot I just think you worry about the trivial so much, that you cannot get on with everyday real life. I cannot think all week about whether a chain that came undone means something deep or not. You will do better just to get on with life. Reply...
Shoppe Court tv has a good website of yeah it is TRU TV OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...If Iam not here than you can find me there.. Reply...
Whoot I would have a hard time disguising me.... I will always be opinionated.... Reply...
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