Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, ProPublica ; “BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.
"Fed-up North Dakotans, led by a group of women calling themselves the BadAss Grandmas, voted to amend the constitution and establish a state Ethics Commission six years ago. Their goal was to investigate and stop unethical conduct by public officials.
But the watchdog agency has achieved less than the advocates had hoped, undermined in large part by the legislature the commission is charged with overseeing, an investigation by the North Dakota Monitor and ProPublica has found."
