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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 for employers to compete,” Burgum said during a meeting with the Grand Forks Herald’s editorial ...

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 to compete,” Burgum said during a meeting with the Grand Forks Herald’s editorial board. Burgu...

"Their tactics are ruthless and they're 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. — I'm writing this week's Friday mailbag column on Thursday because I'm not working on Friday. My lovely life partner Jessica is graduating from college, and I'm 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 you'd like to reach me, email rport@forumcomm.com. Many of you send me messages via Twitter and Facebook, and I do my best to respond to all of them, but given the volume...

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 state's participation in a federal program that expanded unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burgum, along with other state leaders across the country, argues that these benefits were p...