BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 5 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Jan. 4, 2022: Gov. Doug Burgum today signed an executive order granting a waiver of hours of service requirements for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting propane. North Dakota faces extremely low inventories of propane as a result of market conditions impacted by severe seasonal weather and increased heating fuel demands, the order states. Waiving the hours of service requirement will hel  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following joint news: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte have staked a friendly wager on Saturday's NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) title game between the Montana State University Bobcats and the North Dakota State University Bison, who are vying for their ninth national title since 2011. The governor of the state whose team wins the championship will receive a gift basket wit  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Jan. 6, 2022: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement today after the sale of Coal Creek Station to Rainbow Energy Center LLC cleared its final regulatory hurdle. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission today unanimously approved the transfer of Coal Creek Station's high-voltage direct current transmission line from Great River Energy (GRE) to Nexus Line LLC, a subsidiary of   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine and mask mandate on the Head Start programs in the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missour  more