The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced Thursday, May 15th, that it’s rescinding last year’s rule that cut some wind and solar fees by 80% on certain public lands. It’s a welcome step toward…
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders at 3 p.m. ET today relating to coal production. The EOs are expected to allow coal-fired generators to stay open past…
The effort to standardize state election procedures by banning approval and ranked choice voting continues to move forward in the state legislature. The North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted…
This week saw confirmation hearings for several Cabinet positions that will be crucial to defining energy and environmental policy under the Trump administration. Luckily, all take energy seriously and prioritize…
As President-elect Donald Trump fills in the blanks of his incoming Administration, some of the earliest appointments have come in the areas of energy and the environment. Most prominent among…
All eyes were on the presidential election Tuesday, but energy had a big night, too, with some good things coming at the national and local levels. Now that the dust…
The Department of Energy has announced $2.2 billion in funding for grid projects across the U.S. Montana and North Dakota are the lucky recipients of $700 million to support the…
Although the Biden administration has the pedal to the metal, electric vehicles appear to be heading nowhere fast in the marketplace. Thousands of layoffs at Tesla, a loss of nearly…
Photo: UND Athletics / Kerry Ring The North Dakota Legislature passed and Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law last year that prohibits transgender athletes from participating on female…
Legal and legislative action backed by North Dakota elected officials has resulted in blocking a rogue Biden administration climate change rule on states in both the federal courts and Congress.…
The Biden administration continues to concoct new ways for American taxpayers to be held financially responsible for the student loans of untold thousands of fellow citizens who calculated a college…
North Dakota has joined a coalition of 25 Republican-led states coming to the defense of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s escalating standoff with the Biden administration over the state’s effort to…
It’s National School Choice Week — the annual celebration of effective K-12 education options and the school choice policies that allow families the opportunity to access the learning environment that…
Now that Gov. Doug Burgum has decided against seeking a third term, whoever follows him in office will be the first North Dakota governor to be restricted to no more…
The Iowa company backing what’s billed as the world’s biggest carbon capture pipeline just hit a roadblock, if not a dead end, in the state where the controversial project would…
The North Dakota Legislature just handed taxpayers the biggest property and income tax cut in state history, more than half a billion dollars overall. But that could be only a…
You’ve probably never heard of the American Governors’ Border Strike Force, but anyone who supports secure borders should salute them. The Biden administration’s open-border policy allowing millions of illegal aliens…
This week’s unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling reining in the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of wetlands was hailed by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as a victory for property owners,…
It’s hard to take the appointment of yet another government task force too seriously for anyone who’s been around long enough. So there may not have been high expectations for…
Since when did it become the norm for libraries NOT to cordon off obscene and other obviously age-inappropriate materials from minors? It’s one of the obvious responsibilities certainly many parents…
A line of credit has been added to the state parks’ budget bill to backstop initial construction costs at the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. The Bismarck Tribune…
North Dakota lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed legislation to standardize the usage of pronouns in schools and government consistent with the norms of grammar now being undermined by political activists. The…
Even though it’s still a work in progress, the push by North Dakota lawmakers to cap and ultimately phase out the state income tax has already attracted the attention of…
In a surprising about-face after more than a year of controversy, Grand Forks officials now say they plan to reject the Fufeng Chinese corn milling plant proposed in a location…