North Dakota's workers' compensation insurance premiums are the lowest in the nation. Its benefit payments (88 cents for every $100 of payroll) rank 33rd in the country. The entire state has fewer employees -- some 326,100 -- than the population of many cities. The number of total employers does not even rise above the 20,000 mark. So why is it such a hotbed of workers' compensation intrigue? In less than a year, the state's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency has endured:
? Felony charges against the CEO of its workers' compensation agency and the director of the special investigations unit for illegal use of confidential information and misspending of agency money.
? The firing of the CEO after the felony charges against him were dismissed.
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