First Muslim elected to the North Dakota Legislature said she enjoyed the experience

A Fargo girl turned the primary Muslim elected to the North Dakota Legislature.

Hamida Dakane (D) was elected to the Home in District 10 in Fargo. She stated she loved her expertise within the Legislature.

“It has been good, most of it,” Dakane stated in an interview. “I believe we’ve completed good work for the folks of North Dakota.”

Dakane stated one overriding challenge for the session was workforce improvement. She stated her Senate colleague, Kathy Hogan (D), launched plenty of childcare payments, to assist with workforce. She stated they have been initially rejected within the Home. However Dakane stated Republicans did revive a plan for childcare.

“It is not sufficient,” Dakane stated. “Not each North Dakota household will profit from it. But it surely’s a very good place to start out.”

Dakane stated it “opens the door,” so lawmakers will be capable to do extra within the subsequent session.

Dakane stated she was dissatisfied within the Legislature adopting sure social insurance policies that focus on sure people – and she or he stated she’s going to work to make modifications.

“Each likelihood we get, we need to make North Dakota extra welcoming,” Dakane stated. “We’re a younger state, and we’re struggling for workforce, so we can not have such issues in our coverage and Century Code, so there will likely be an effort to alter that. However that takes all of us.”