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Job Announcement - Assistant Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division
State of North Dakota Courts
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August 19, 2025
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL Position No: 125-689 Salary Range: $81,000 - $120,000 annually (salary increases with experience). Click for Total Rewards Calculator Closing Date: September 2, 2025 Status: Full-Time with State Benefit Package...
Job Announcement - Assistant Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division
State of North Dakota Courts
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August 19, 2025
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL Position No: 125-689 Salary Range: $81,000 - $120,000 annually (salary increases with experience). Click for Total Rewards Calculator Closing Date: September 2, 2025 Status: Full-Time with State Benefit Package...
Armstrong helps break ground on new state-of-the-art North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown
North Dakota Office of the Governor
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August 18, 2025
JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong, along with state agency officials and local leaders, led a groundbreaking ceremony today for the new North Dakota State Hospital. The event marked a significant milestone in the state's commitment to...
Applied Digital to Break Ground on $3 Billion Polaris Forge 2 Campus in September 2025, Expanding North Dakota’s Role as a National AI Infrastructure Leader
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 18, 2025
DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) announced today it plans to break ground in September 2025 on Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion, 280-megawatt (MW) AI Factory near Harwood, North Dakota. Designed...
North Dakota’s Global Talent Office Launches Statewide Effort to Connect Workers with Career-Aligned English Skills via EnGen
North Dakota Department of Commerce
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August 13, 2025
The North Dakota Department of Commerce’s Global Talent Office (GTO) today announced the launch of a new statewide initiative to support English language learners through a strategic partnership with EnGen, a virtual, career-aligned English...
Equus Subsidiary, Morgan E&P, Secures $3 Million Term Loan to Advance Drilling and Work-Over Program in North Dakota's Williston Basin
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 14, 2025
HOUSTON, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) (“Equus” or the “Company”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Morgan E&P, LLC (“Morgan”), has successfully closed on a $3 million term loan facility....
Armstrong to Energy Secretary Wright: North Dakota can play an outsized role in U.S. energy dominance
North Dakota Office of the Governor
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August 13, 2025
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong today welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to North Dakota, highlighting the state’s key contributions to American energy security and shared goal with the Trump administration of U.S. energy...
Tax Commissioner Releases Second Quarter 2025 Taxable Sales Data
North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner
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August 19, 2025
Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus has announced that North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the 2nd quarter of 2025 increased by 3.40 percent compared to the same period in 2024. For April, May, and June of 2025, taxable sales and purchases...
NDDOT seeks public comment on 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program
North Dakota Department of Transportation
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August 15, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has released a draft of the 2026-2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for public review and comment from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15, 2025. The STIP is a four-year...
Attorney General Brenna Bird Joins Coalition to Help Restore America’s Energy Independence and Lower Energy Prices
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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August 12, 2025
DES MOINES--Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of 28 attorneys general asking the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate the harmful Biden-Harris greenhouse-gas emissions standards for power plants. The Biden-era rule...
North Dakota Development Fund Approves $2.16M in Loans for Child Care, Tech and Ag Projects in Q2
North Dakota Department of Commerce
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July 31, 2025
The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced today that six companies were approved for a total of $2.16 million in loan funds through the North Dakota Development Fund, Inc. (NDDF) during the second quarter of 2025. "These investments...
Temporary traffic change on Memorial Highway
North Dakota Department of Transportation
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August 19, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. – Memorial Highway in Mandan will be reduced to two lanes at 46th Avenue Southeast beginning the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 19. The lane reduction will allow crews to install new sanitary sewer and water main connections as part of...
Legacy Investment for Technology (LIFT) Announces Loan for North Dakota Energy Services Company
North Dakota Department of Commerce
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July 30, 2025
The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced that the Legacy Investment for Technology (LIFT) program has awarded a $1 million loan to Trilogy LLC, a North Dakota-based company that developed the Sand Titan, a high-performance sand separator...
North Dakota Angel Match Program Invests $345,000 in Tech and Innovation Startups in Q2
North Dakota Department of Commerce
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July 24, 2025
The North Dakota Department of Commerce today announced that two companies have been approved for a total of $345,000 in investments through the North Dakota Development Fund Inc.’s Angel Match Program (AMP) during the second quarter of 2025. AMP...
Attorney General Bird Defends Iowa’s Agriculture Industry Against Radical Net Zero Standards
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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August 8, 2025
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 22 other states in a letter asking for answers regarding harmful net-zero standards. Science Based Targets (“SBTi”), which partners with both the United Nations and a group of anti-growth...
Gevo Sells Carbon Credits from North Dakota Asset
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 21, 2025
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce that it is selling carbon abatement into the market for the first time. To support decarbonization and to mitigate its corporate travel emissions,...
Chairman Capito Participates in EPW T&I Subcommittee Hearing on Surface Transportation Improvements
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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July 24, 2025
To watch Chairman Capito’s questions, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in an EPW...
Attorney General Brenna Bird Joins Coalition Urging DEA to Ban “Designer Xanax”
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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August 18, 2025
DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take emergency action to ban bromazolam, or “Designer Xanax,” which is linked to deaths across the...
SLAMZEES Pours Into 2025 with Powerhouse Distribution Partners Across the Country
EIN Presswire
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August 18, 2025
SLAMZEES by Beverage Ranch expands to over twenty countries with the most powerful ditributors across the nation. AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SLAMZEES, the unapologetically bold 15% ABV party drink, is proud...
Equus Announces Second Quarter Net Asset Value
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 18, 2025
HOUSTON, Aug. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) (“Equus” or the “Company”) reports net assets as of June 30, 2025, of $34.1 million. Net asset value per share decreased to $2.51 as of June 30, 2025, from $2.52 as of...