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In 1984, Law enforcement searches of illegal gambling operations led to the first statewide grand jury in North Dakota history. The Legislature had passed a law allowing for statewide grand juries in 1977. Six years later, in December 1983, law enforcement officers searched bookmaking operations in Fargo, Grand Forks and Mayville, the culmination of a yearlong investigation.

North Dakota was the last state to have such a unit.

When a North Dakota Attorney General issues a formal opinion, it is deemed to have the force of law until challenged in the courts.Current Attorney…

Johnson Nickeus, born in 1850, played a number of roles in the final years of Dakota Territory. He was an attorney in Jamestown who served two terms on…

The Democratic candidate for Attorney General says it is disappointing that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem seems to have left the state for "another…