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Governor appoints adviser to lead North Dakota’s largest state agency

  • Jack Dura

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed a longtime aide to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, North Dakota’s largest state agency. Conner Swanson has been a senior adviser to Armstrong since he took office in December 2024. Before that, he was a policy adviser and communications director for Armstrong from 2020-2024, when Armstrong was […]

Nevada

NV lawmakers mull maternal health protections for ’27 session, punt on child welfare funding fix

  • Michael Lyle

Nevada state lawmakers are considering a wide-range of health-related policies in the next year’s legislative session that includes implementing a slate of maternal health protections in a “momnibus” bill, bolstering efforts to investigate Medicaid insurance fraud, and reducing reporting requirements for state health agencies.  Also at Tuesday’s interim Health and Human Services committee meeting, discussion […]