ND: North Dakota cities growing
North Dakota's major cities are growing, as are the communities around them.
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Archive of North Dakota on Thursday July 02, 2009
ND: North Dakota cities growing
North Dakota's major cities are growing, as are the communities around them. Read More
ND: Smoke-free advocates urge N.D. statewide ban
Area health professionals and smoking ban advocates celebrated a full year of clear air in Fargo and West Fargo bars and restaurants by urging a statewide smoking ban. Read More
Stimulus eases community college troubles
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More
Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More
ND: N.D.'s top horse racing regulator quits
North Dakota's top horse racing regulator has resigned. Read More
ND: Former Guard soldier gets second Purple Heart
A former North Dakota National Guard soldier wounded in Iraq has received his second Purple Heart. Read More
ND: Cattle losses amid floods, snow could hit $30 million
North Dakota ranchers suffered an estimated $30 million loss when cattle died amid spring flooding and late-winter blizzards, a state agriculture official said Wednesday. Read More
ND: Survey -- N.D. lacks 'brain smarts'
As if the challenge of reforming the nation's health care system isn't vexing enough, here's another brain twister for Sen. Kent Conrad to ponder when the North Dakota Democrat meets in Grand Forks today with doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic administrators and patient advocates: Read More
US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More
US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More |