Lawmaker Plans Hearings on Consultants' Review of Agency

The majority leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives says the interim Industry, Business and Labor Committee will review work by two consultants hired by the state's workers' compensation agency to review management practices and handling of claims for benefits. Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board members last week approved spending approximately $316,000 to hire independent consultant Henry Neal Conolly of Kinderhook, N.Y., to review WSI's management and personnel practices and Marsh USA to review WSI's handling of benefit claims. Rep. Rick Berg, R-Far...