BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford today congratulated former Gov. Jack Dalrymple during a ceremony at North Dakota State University to rename the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Research Greenhouse Complex as the Jack Dalrymple Agricultural Research Complex. "As a farmer, state legislator, lieutenant governor and governor, Jack Dalrymple has always been a champion for North Da  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum today issued the following statement after Marathon Petroleum Corp. and ADM announced that Marathon will invest in ADM's recently announced $350 million soybean processing plant at Spiritwood, N.D. The soybean crushing plant will provide soybean oil exclusively to Marathon's renewable diesel facility in Dickinson. Under the agreement, ADM will own 25% of  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is extending restrictions on nonessential travel at the U.S.-Canada border for another month, until Sept. 21. Canada reopened its border to vaccinated U.S. citizens for nonessential travel on Aug. 9. "The percentage of Canada's population that is full  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2021: Gov. Doug Burgum today thanked General Counsel Leslie Bakken Oliver for her service to the Governor's Office and the State of North Dakota after she announced her retirement pending the transition to a new general counsel. Oliver has served in the Governor's Office since Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford took office on Dec. 15, 2016. She earned her law degree with distinction in 199  more