Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.D. Insurance Commissioner Sets Guinness World Record as Tallest Male Politician
Nov 12 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has been named World’s Tallest Politician (male) by Guinness World Records. Godfread’s official height is 6 feet, 10 inches (210.767 centimeters) tall as...
After Leak in North Dakota, Keystone Pipeline Restart Waiting on Corrective Action
Nov 8 2019 // Federal regulators have ordered the Keystone pipeline to remain shut down until its Canadian owner takes corrective action aimed at determining the cause of a breach that leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million...
North Dakota Unveils New Mapping Tool for Flood Risks
Nov 4 2019 // The North Dakota Water Commission unveiled a new interactive mapping tool that provides residents and community leaders with information on potential flood risks. It shows where flooding might occur and to what extent it...
Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383K Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
Nov 1 2019 // TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday, Oct. 29 shut down the pipeline that...
North Dakota Governor Declares Statewide Flood Emergency
Oct 23 2019 // North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has declared a statewide flood emergency and said officials were looking at measures to help residents affected by heavy rains and a blizzard that dumped record amounts of snow in some places,...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Godfread to Seek Re-Election
Oct 11 2019 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner says he’s running for re-election. Republican Jon Godfread has scheduled news conferences next week to formally announce his campaign. He was elected to the position in...
North Dakota Lawmakers Studying Pros, Cons of Recreational Pot
Sep 27 2019 // North Dakota lawmakers have begun studying the consequences of legalizing marijuana in the state, a move that comes amid a pair of proposed citizen-led initiatives that aim to make the drug legal for recreational...
Minneapolis Federal Reserve: With Flooding Comes a Torrent of Data
Sep 24 2019 // One of the biggest problems with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance program is that, nationwide, few property owners actually choose to buy into it. But that’s not the case in many...
Arnold, Palsgraaf Appointed to New Positions at North Dakota Insurance Department
Sep 18 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has appointed John Arnold as deputy insurance commissioner and Johnny Palsgraaf as general counsel. Prior to his appointment with the North Dakota Insurance Department,...
2015 North Dakota Spill Could Top 1M Gallons, Regulator Says
Sep 6 2019 // A 2015 pipeline spill of natural gas liquids in North Dakota initially reported as just 10 gallons (38 liters) could top 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters), a state regulator said. The North Dakota Department of...
Midwest Economic Survey Suggests Little or No Growth on Horizon
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
Texas Company Ordered to Pay $2.1M in Fines, Restitution in North Dakota Oilfield Death
Sep 3 2019 // A Houston company has been found guilty and ordered to pay $2.1 million in fines and restitution in the 2014 death of an Alabama man who died in an explosion while working western North Dakota’s oil patch. C&J...
Officials: 2015 North Dakota Liquid Gas Spill Much Bigger Than Reported
Aug 27 2019 // A 2015 pipeline spill of liquid natural gas in western North Dakota initially reported as just 10 gallons is at least hundreds of thousands of gallons larger and may take another decade to clean up, state health officials...
Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests
Aug 20 2019 // After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from...
New North Dakota Insurance Laws Now in Effect
Aug 12 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department recently released a list of new insurance-related laws enacted from bills that passed the state’s legislature in 2019. Following is a limited list of new laws in North Dakota...
After Fires and Spills, Study of Lightning Strikes in North Dakota Oil Patch Proposed
Aug 8 2019 // North Dakota is considering whether to study lightning strikes at saltwater disposal sites after lightning hit state facilities at least four times since June, triggering fires and spills of oil and brine. People familiar...
North Dakota’s Health Reinsurance Program Approved by Feds
Aug 1 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says the proposed state-based reinsurance program developed by the North Dakota Insurance Department for the individual health insurance market has been approved by the...
N. D. Insurance Commissioner Urges U.S. Senate to Tackle Surprise Air Ambulance Bills
Jul 16 2019 // In a letter sent to U.S. Senate leaders in early July, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, urged lawmakers to take action on the issue of surprise bills from air ambulance providers. Godfread wrote to Senate...
North Dakota Fines Blue Cross Blue Shield $125K After Market Conduct Exam
Jul 10 2019 // A yearlong market conduct exam of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) has resulted in a $125,000 fine against the company, the state’s insurance department reported. According to the North Dakota...
Officials, Petroleum Council Tout New North Dakota Oilfield Safety Program
Jun 25 2019 // The North Dakota Petroleum Council and state officials say a new oilfield safety training program, 18 months in the making, will be a time-saver for tens of thousands of contract workers. Fifty oil companies worked on the...
