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$35.4M available as incentive to build low-income housing

May 28, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Multi-unit contractors now have $35.4 million to work with to create affordable housing for essential service employees and low-income families. Continue Reading

Mixing gas and oil: Energy stocks, contributions raise questions

March 30, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK When an oil company wanted to drill for oil near a beloved North Dakota landmark, it brought to light a possible ethical question for Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Continue Reading

Letter to the Editor: Why does the North Dakota Industrial Commission exist?

March 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

On Nov. 9, 2012, the North Dakota Industrial Commission approved a permit from SBG to drill a salt water disposal well approximately 1/4 of a mile from our farmstead along Highway 85. There are no other occupied farmsteads along Highway 85 for 15 miles to the south of us and four miles to the north. Continue Reading

Industrial Commission upholds Killdeer Mountain drilling decision

February 20, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the North Dakota Industrial Commission voted to uphold a recent decision allowing oil drilling in an area in Dunn County near Killdeer Mountain. Continue Reading

Oil decision cited in need for state ethics commission

February 14, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK David Schwalbe believes he “did not get his day” to be heard and “had no place to go” in 2011 after he says a decision by the state Industrial Commission left him with inadequate royalty payments from two oil wells on property he owns in Dunn County. Continue Reading

Killdeer Mountain drilling gets Industrial Commission approval

January 24, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK The North Dakota Industrial Commission late Thursday unanimously approved a plan to drill for oil in an area of the Killdeer Mountains that received widespread opposition, but added several stipulations to address some of the concerns. Continue Reading

Firm gets $1M grant for fertilizer plants

November 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A $1 million state grant has been pledged to a New York company seeking to convert wasted natural gas into much-needed farm fertilizer by using portable plants that can be moved from well to well throughout North Dakota’s Oil Patch. Continue Reading

Gov. campaign: Dunn County petition effort ‘politically motivated’

November 1, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON A petition seeking a Dunn County grand jury investigation of Gov. Jack Dalrymple has “baseless” accusations and is politically motivated, his campaign office said Thursday. Continue Reading

Dalrymple’s ethics questioned on campaign contributions

October 26, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Democrat candidate for governor Ryan Taylor said in Dickinson Friday that unlike his opponent, Gov. Jack Dalrymple, he would not accept any campaign contributions linked to companies with cases pending before the North Dakota Industrial Commission. Continue Reading

Sarah Vogel, Bismarck, column: Dalrymple regulates oil, should reject oil money

October 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

It appears that Gov. Dalrymple’s campaign depends on out of state oil money.
By encouraging that dependence, he sacrificed the independence and credibility of the high office he holds. Continue Reading