ND Crash Rates Are Lower In Oil-Producing Counties
Yesterday Watford City Mayor Brent Sanford pinned the traffic deaths of two teenagers in his community on the state government,...
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Watford City Mayor Blames Car Crash Fatalities On The State
Two teenagers from Watford City died this week after their car spun out of control on some ice and crashed...
Guest Post: Legislature Doing Big Things For North Dakota
The 2013 North Dakota Legislative Session has reached the half way point known as crossover. That is the point where...
Williston's Lame Response To Credit Rating Downgrade
For some time now we here at SAB have been pointing out the City of Williston's poor spending priorities (latest...
Guest Post: Williston's Poor Fiscal Priorities Result In Credit Rating Downgrade
This afternoon, Bloomberg News is reporting that the credit rating agency of Standards and Poors has downgraded the credit rating of the...
Reverse Protectionsim Keeps Natural Gas Prices Low, Flaring High
Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal had an interesting article about some companies, Dow Chemical among them, lobbying for...
Bill To Restrict Natural Gas Flaring Voted Down In The North Dakota Senate
We've all seen the satellite pictures of the Bakken oil fields lit up nearly as bright as urban centers like...
Has North Dakota's Economy Peaked?
Today the North Dakota House and Senate appropriations committees are holding a joint session to discuss the state's new budget...
Democrat Proposed Flaring Restriction Would Throw Monkey Wrench Into Oil Production
I don't think anyone likes flaring, which is the burning off of natural gas from oil wells (right now 30%...
Guest Post: Change Oil Taxes To Protect The People
North Dakota’s current oil tax policy is an assortment of taxes, triggers and discount incentives that have been cobbled together...
