BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 8 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: * * * Armstrong presents budget guidelines, calls for closing gap between ongoing revenues, expenses * Gov. Kelly Armstrong today presented his executive budget guidelines for next biennium, calling on some agencies to prepare hold-even budgets and others to reduce their budgets as part of a long-term strategy to bring general fund spending in line with general fund revenues by 2032.  "Twent  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM first quarter 2026 oil and gas sales generate nearly $600 million * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management generated $592.7 million in total receipts from oil and gas sales held in the first quarter of 2026 - in line with the Trump administration's Energy Dominance initiative. These revenues reflect an ongoing focus on unleashing domestic energy, support  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Statement on Temporary Ceasefire with Iran, Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz * ***Click here for audio. BISMARCK, N.D. -After weeks of U.S. pressure and diplomatic efforts led by President Trump, the Iranian regime has agreed to a two-week ceasefire and will reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Senator Kevin Cracrmer (R-ND), chair of the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, issue  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSFR) -- Gregory P. Mayo of Fargo, North Dakota, and the Barbara J. Mayo 2020 GST Trust have filed an application to retain and acquire voting shares of First Holding Company of Cavalier Inc., North Dakota, with the trust joining the Mayo Family Shareholder Group as part of this process. The Federal Reserve System is currently reviewing the application under the Change in Bank Control Act. This action allows Mayo to maintain indirect control of United Valley Bank, Cavalier  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on April 8, 2026: * * * January State Unemployment Remained Unchanged in 20 States, Decreased in 9, Increased in 22 Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its monthly State Employment Update, outlining the employment situation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In January, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia unemployment fell in 9, rose in  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur Delivers $19.2 Million Federal Investment for New Nuclear Training Safety Education Program * Oak Harbor, OH - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) visited the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant to announce a $19.2 Million federal funding investment from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the new Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development program to be administered at the Univer  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Bemidji Board of Directors welcomes new members * Nikki Brink: Brink is the owner of an independent Little Caesars franchise in Bemidji. Prior to that she served as the Chief Operations Officer at First National Bank Bemidji. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Bemidji State University as well as a diploma from the Graduate School of Banking   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Health to highlight workforce readiness at AI Summit * Sanford Health's chief transformation officer is joining leaders from Google and Augustana University for a one-day conference focused on preparing students for a world in which AI is increasingly ambient, but where human judgment, ethics and curiosity remain essential.  The Applied AI Summit: A Future-Ready Wor  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hoeven Statement on Two-Week Ceasefire With Iran * BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire: "We appreciate that President Trump and his negotiating team have secured this temporary ceasefire with the Iranian regime. This is an important step toward ending the conflict, but we need to remain vigilan  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces 2026 Marketing Assistance Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains, Oilseeds and Rice * (Washington, D.C., April 8, 2026) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the 2026 Marketing Assistance Loan rates. The 2026 Marketing Assistance Loan rates are available on the Farm Service Agency (FSA) website and below:   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 8 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * UToledo to Lead $39M Nuclear Workforce Initiative * The University of Toledo is a leader in the Great Lakes Partnership to Enhance the Nuclear Workforce, which recently received a $19.2 million investment from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the $39 million workforce initiative led by UToledo. The partnership will work to enhance the existing safety training pipelines for the light-water reactor w  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 8 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Why doesn't the U.S. recycle more plastic? New study points to lack of access. * From left to right, UB researchers and study authors Janet Z. Yang, John D. Atkinson, Monica Miles and Aditya Vedantam. Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki, University at Buffalo. Recycling infrastructure inequities in the South, sparsely populated states tied to lower income, less-coll  more