Rep.Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot, missed a week of session to go on a vacation -- under North Dakota law she will still be paid $1,065 for the time she was there ... .
The beleaguered IndependentDevelopmentTrust paid a company directed by an apparent family member of CEO Tebogo Malaka over R33 million - mainly for school building projects - between 2011 and 2017 ... .