How North Dakota's Unemployment Benefits Doubled Even As The Unemployment Rate Stayed The Same
Earlier today I wrote about a Bureau of Economic Analysis report showing that the amount of unemployment benefits paid out...
Month: September 2015
Will Heidi Heitkamp Even Be A Viable Candidate For The Senate In 2018?
The Obama administration seems intent on ruining Senator Heidi Heitkamp's political career. Heitkamp’s vote in favor of the Iran deal...
North Dakota Personal Incomes Decline, Unemployment Benefits Double
Some ugly economic news for North Dakota and other oil states from the Bureau of Economic Analysis today. First, in...
Let The Market Decide The State Of Oil Patch Housing
Back in 2013 I asked this question: "Should the rapid housing development in North Dakota, and the state government’s efforts...
Doug Leier: Good Hunting Is About A Good Attitude
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about our attitudes and perceptions. The back-and-forth went from complaining...
Environmentalists File Lawsuit To Block Development Of Mineral Rights On National Park Land
Once upon a time environmentalists used to try and halt progress and development by doing silly things like chaining themselves...
Subsidies Can't Fix What's Wrong With ABC's 'Blood & Oil'
Mountains … in North Dakota? That was the question no doubt going through the minds of many people in the...
Settled Science: America Will Be Out Of Oil By 2015
I found this article at Gizmodo to be chuckle worthy. In it author Matt Novak flags a UPI syndicated news...
Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley Will Not Be Running For Governor In 2016
Breaking news this afternoon, Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley will be announcing that he's not running for Governor in 2016. Wrigley...
Oil Industry Doing Good Job With Cleanup After Tioga Pipeline Spill
It is an unfortunate truth about journalism that positive stories generally aren't considered all that newsy. Thus it is that...
