Ugly: North Dakota General Fund Revenues Under Forecast By Almost 4 Percent
The image above is the most recent revenue report for North Dakota's general fund. A lawmaker sent me a photo...
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Surprise: Oil Volatility Probably Not A Significant Factor In Explosive Train Derailments
Anti-fossil fuel political activists have been trying to leverage headlines about oil train derailments into support for, well, any policy...
Time To Institute Conditioning Regulations For Ethanol?
Recently left-wing environmental activists have been focusing on the safety of oil by rail shipments. And by focusing, I mean...
Tessa Sandstrom: North Dakota's Remodeling Project Is Underway
As North Dakotans, we are all familiar with the adage that our great state has just two seasons: winter and...
North Dakota Pretty Much The Only Oil State Where Production Has Increased Since April
Bruce Oksol, who blogs about the Bakken oil boom, says it's "worth a thousand words." Here's a link to the...
Obama Puts Heidi Heitkamp Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Boy did President Obama hang Senator Heidi Heitkamp out to dry today. Earlier former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer said...
Local Officials Dispute National Media Report: North Dakota's Oil Boom Was Not A "Loser"
“Oil boom a loser for North Dakota cities, counties, study finds,” was the headline for a McClatchy news article, picked...
If You're Going To Write About Oil Industry Spills, Provide Context
"An analysis of data from leading oil- and gas-producing states found more than 180 million gallons of wastewater spilled from...
Nearly Half Of Williston Hotel Rooms Are Sitting Empty Right Now
Some news from Reuters illustrating the impact of declining oil prices on one of the communities at the epicenter of...
Oil Pipelines Help Resolve Lack Of Rail Capacity For Farmers
Here's some good news. After a couple of years of problems with farmers unable to put their crops on overcrowded...
