North Dakota College Students Still Bullish On Oil
"Oil bust saps U.S. students' enthusiasm for petroleum degrees," was the headline from Reuters last week. "Enrollment in U.S. petroleum...
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North Dakota Based Oil Soap Opera 'Blood & Oil' Loses Over One Million Viewers In Its Second Week
ABC's new drama 'Blood & Oil', which is based on North Dakota's Bakken oil boom and is supposedly set in...
Anne Krapu: "They That Govern The Most Make The Least Noise"
17th century British jurist John Selden once noted, “They that govern the most make the least noise.” With a firm...
Obamacare Has Been Bad For North Dakotans, But Good For Insurance Company Profits
The CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota - by far the state's largest health insurer - visited...
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...
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...
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...
North Dakota's Legislature Should Close Down Campus Police Departments
Earlier this year the North Dakota Supreme Court found that it is illegal for campus police departments to be patrolling off...
Why Is Talking About Oil Patch Crime OK, But Not Refugee Crime?
The resettlement of foreign refugees in North Dakota communities has been creating angst in those communities for years now. Some...
