Oil-Gushing North Dakota Looks to an $850M SurplusThe article reports that North Dakota is on track to enjoy a budget surplus of 850 million dollars through the beginning of fiscal 2013 fuele...
In North Dakota, Good Times Roll.This article highlights North Dakota as a state that is posting budget surplus while the rest of the U.S. states such as California and New York are mired in debts. It explains that North Dakota is one of the two states, the other one is Wyoming, ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck company that sells wholesale electricity announced Monday that it has purchased North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant from a Minnesota company that had intended to close the facility if no buyer could be found.
North Dakota is a conservative northern Midwestern state; it is part of the Great Plains and became the thirty-ninth state to enter into the union on November 2, 1889.[1] Rich in oil, its state capital is Bismarck, and the largest city is Fargo. North Dakota is the only state that ha...
North Dakota, which has raised record profits for its state, is a stellar example. In a review of states with the healthiest budgets based on data from the PEW Charitable Trusts,U.S. News & World Report puts North Dakota at No. 1in Budget Balancing and #1 in Short-term Fiscal Stability...
Midwest states included Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. East states included Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Vermont. Northeast provinces included New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. Northwest ...
North Korea celebrated the Fourth of July with a bang by successfully launching a brand new ICBM. An emergency meeting was called at the UN, and the President said it was “dangerous” and would have to be “dealt with.” The Illinois legislature has overridden the Republican Governor’s vet...
The article offers information on the present economic condition of North Dakota. It mentions that the state has 1 billion dollars budget surplus, and its capital Bismarck has the lowest jobless rate in the U.S. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bismarck's unemployment rate ...
After the discovery of the Parshall Oil Field in 2006, the current North Dakota oil boom started to unfold. The fast growing oil and gas industries have created thousands of new jobs and a billion dollar budget surplus for the state government. Meanwhile, the boom challenges the oil producing...
The article reports on the projected $1.2 billion surplus in North Dakota. Governor John Hoven unveiled a $7.7 billion budget for 2009-2011 that boasts $500 million in tax cuts, a slew of spending hikes for everything from education to children's health care. The budget includes no new ...