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OTHER VIEWS: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was right to end federal top-off unemployment program Look around: Businesses are being forced to reduce hours or close on certain days because they cannot find workers. Written By: Grand Forks Herald Editorial Board | 10:00 am, May 20, 2021 × But listen to the governor’s point of view. “North Dakota is among the highest states in what we pay in unemployment already. Throw $600 or $300 on top of that, and it’s difficult fo...

Our view: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was right to end federal top-off unemployment program Look around – businesses are being forced to reduce hours or close on certain days because they cannot find workers. Written By: Herald editorial board | 8:00 am, May 19, 2021 × But listen to the governor’s point of view. “North Dakota is among the highest states in what we pay in unemployment already. Throw $600 or $300 on top of that, and it’s difficult for employers t...

"Their tactics are ruthless and theyre inappropriate, and it takes away from the very thing that they ought to be standing for."

Send your feedback to rport@forumcomm.com. 10:00 am, May 14, 2021 × MINOT, N.D. — Im writing this weeks Friday mailbag column on Thursday because Im not working on Friday. My lovely life partner Jessica is graduating from college, and Im going to be there to cheer her on. But writing this column every week has become a real joy for me, and there was a lot of great feedback worth responding to. As always, if youd like to reach me, email rport@forumcomm.com. Many of you send me mess...

LIVE AT 1 p.m.: Do expanded unemployment benefits really promote unemployment? Rob Port talks with NDSU professor Jeremy Jackson, a professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University, joins this episode of Plain Talk Live to discuss. 12:00 am, May 13, 2021 × North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced he was terminating the states participation in a federal program that expanded unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pan...

May 12, 2021 BISMARCK – North Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs, effective June 19, to help address the ongoing workforce shortage across the state, Gov. Doug Burgum announced on Monday. North Dakota elected to participate in four unemployment-related programs in connection with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020. The agre...

I dont believe that. I mean, its an issue, but North Dakota voters are open to voting for Democrats. After all, Heidi Heitkamp won a Senate election in 2012. By an admittedly razor-thin margin, but still. listen live watch live It wasnt all that long ago that Democratic candidates were routinely posting lopsided statewide election wins. For a while, former Gov. John Hoeven was putting up wins with around 70% of the vote while Democrats such as former Sen. Kent Conrad were earning similar vo...

Bismarck businessman Patrick Hart has been elected to lead the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.

Patrick Hart, who ran unsuccessfully for state auditor last year will take over for Kylie Oversen, who announced in March she would not run again after six years at the helm. Hart served as the party's vice chair before Saturday and works as a small business owner in Bismarck.

The Hawaii Housing Authority opens the waitlist A large number of state subsidized housing units will become available starting this Friday. The Hawaii Public Housing Authority is making available the first of 250 units in subsidized projects across the state. It also recently reopened the lists for Section 8 housing. We talked to Executive Director Hakim Ouansafi about how he and his team have fared during the pandemic. Listen