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Feb 28, 2022

If there is any lesson to be learned from the last few years of tumultuous international politics, and the crippling pandemic, it's that we need our supply lines to get shorter.

For a long time, Americans have been content to see industry, from value-added agriculture to mining and manufacturing - move out of sight and...


Feb 23, 2022

In an development I wouldn't have predicted a year ago, popular incumbent Senator John Hoeven, facing a primary challenge from state Rep. Rick Becker, may skip the NDGOP's endorsing convention.

Why? Because it's not a sure thing that he'll win the endorsement, despite never receiving less than 70 percent in...


Feb 21, 2022

North Dakota's oil production has "matured." Another term for it might be "plateaued."

That's the estimate of Lynn Helms, who is the director of the oil and gas division of North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources. On this episode of Plain Talk, he said the state has about a decade of steady production driving...


Feb 18, 2022

Since Governor Doug Burgum announced a goal of making North Dakota's economy carbon neutral by the year 2030, the state has seen about $30 billion worth of investment in things like carbon capture project.

James Leiman, who serves in Burgum's administration as commerce commissioner, said on this episode of Plain Talk...


298: The last bastion of the American dream?

Feb 18, 2022

Since Governor Doug Burgum announced a goal of making North Dakota's economy carbon neutral by the year 2030, the state has seen about $30 billion worth of investment in things like carbon capture project.

James Leiman, who serves in Burgum's administration as commerce commissioner, said on this episode of Plain Talk...