WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its updated Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota, which would close off leasing to vast areas of potential federal oil and gas acreage and a majority of federal coal acreage in the state. Further, due to split-estate ownership issue in North Dakota, where federal minerals a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: GRAND FORKS, N.D. Senator John Hoeven today announced that he secured a $5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the University of North Dakota (UND) Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) to help develop CO2 storage facilities in the Williston Basin. Hoeven worked to advance this funding, which supports North Dakota's role as a world leader in the development and implementatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: GRAND FORKS, N.D. Senator John Hoeven today joined Tommy Kenville, CEO of iSight Drone Services, and officials from the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Site in in announcing that iSight will conduct unmanned, beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights in the Grand Forks region. Specifically, the company: Has finalized an agreement with Altru Health System to use unmanned aircraft for   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the award of $548,860 to North Dakota. The award will be distributed to the following programs and initiatives: $125,860 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services through the HHS Center for Mental Health Services. $423,000 to the University of North Dakota through the HHS National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced the award of $5,000,000 to the University of North Dakota's (UND) Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC). This funding will allow the EERC to leverage the experience gained through past and ongoing efforts to build a Williston Basin partnership by providing technical assistance to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: As a part of his continued work to boost energy independence and strengthen Montana's energy grid, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $700,000,000 to construct the North Plains Connector project. This funding comes as a direct result of Tester's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The North Plains Connector project represents a 415 mile transmission line connecting U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration issued the following information for a field hearing entitled "Perspectives on the Future of Agriculture Research and Technology" at 10 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2024, at Grand Farm Innovation Campus 3729, 153rd Ave SE Wheatland, North Dakota 58079: Witnesses Panel I * The Honorable John Boozman, United States Senator * The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, United States Senator *   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here for audio*** BISMARCK The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final resource management plan (RMP) for North Dakota on Thursday. BLM's final RMP will restrict access to coal and oil reserves under federal ownership, cutting energy development and harming the state by reducing revenues. Previously, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: CASSELTON The North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the grand opening of its new facility in Casselton. NDSP, a joint venture between Japanese owned CGB Enterprises Inc. and Minnesota Soybean Processors, said the new facility is expected to crush 42.5 million bushels of soybeans in the first year and create 50 to 60 new jobs once fully operational  more