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Career Forums + Career Outlook = Promising Jobs for Students...
Central and Red River High School Career Centers promote job shadowing and career forums throughout the school year to all of our high school students in the Grand Forks School District. During the mo...
Posted on 5/13/13 at 9:19 AM
Validation.
Validation presents itself in many ways. Today it arrived via a graduating student's visit. In the short hour that we visited I was delighted to learn that he realized that so many of the things we ha...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 11:31 PM
Continual (Solar-Powered) Economic Growth
Last Saturday I attended an event at the University of Minnesota showcasing professors and their research. Each gave a presentation and took questions from the audience. One spoke about depression eco...
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:25 AM
We have our man for the job! Now let's get to work! Thoughts on the US Elections
What does it take to become the President of the United States? And what does it take to ensure that the man you voted for is elected to office? These are the questions I've been asking myself ever...
Posted on 11/7/12 at 5:40 AM
A Warning from the Evangelical Outside
This post is worth reading by every single Orthodox in America--really by anyone in the West--as much as it is worth reading if one is evangelical. Here in Lutheran Land, it would do Lutherans well to...
Posted on 10/10/12 at 2:16 PM
Hal Gershman and Kaus Thiessen: ‘Bakken boom’ powers exciting growth in Grand Forks
By Hal Gershman and Kaus Thiessen , May 19, 2013
North Dakota ranks 4th in export growth 
North Dakota ranked fourth in the nation in annual export growth from 2011 to 2012.
By Associated Press , March 08, 2013
Survey: More slow economic growth ahead in Midwest
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dipped last month, suggesting only slow growth for the region over the next three to six months.By Associated Press , March 01, 2013
Faith Skjoiten, Grand Forks, letter: Owners’ grit, drive make businesses growr 
The president can mock hard work but he can’t change the equation for success.
By Faith Skjoiten , July 29, 2012
Minnesota State Reps. Dan Fabian and Deb Kiel, St. Paul, column: Dayton tax plan hurts businesses 
The Dayton administration proposes big government, increased taxes and long-term dependency.
We maintain that local businesses — the backbone of our economy — will help rebuild our economy with a more favorable tax code that makes it easier for business owners to operate and expand, decreased regulations and a government that gets out of the way.
By Dan Fabian and Deb Kiel , July 29, 2012
Gail Collins, New York, column: Life in Williston, home of the ‘other’ 1 percent 
Right now you are probably asking yourself: “What would it be like to live in a place with an unemployment rate of 1 percent?”
Me, too! So I went to Williston to find out.
By Gail Collins , July 27, 2012
OUR OPINION: Grand Forks could see opening of ‘new frontier’ 
If this growth to the west happens, then the coming of Walmart to Interstate 29 and Gateway Drive will be looked back on as a pivotal date.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , July 19, 2012
Lynn Richard, Kindred, N.D., letter: How many jobs has Congress created? 
Taxpayers should call the congressmen’s offices and ask them what jobs have they created since July 2001. Also, what is the job; where is the job; how much does it pay; and what are the benefits?
By Lynn Richard , July 13, 2012
Edward Halas, Grand Forks, letter: Neither right nor left has all the answers 
A one-size fits all economic theory, like supple-side or the Keynesian formula, will not work. We need a more comprehensive approach like the Simpson-Bowles paper to solve our economic mess.
That will be painful, and I wonder if we are up to it.
By Edward Halas , July 13, 2012
Don Dietrich, Grand Forks, letter: Obama's economy yields unemployment, uncertainty 
There is no doubt that President Barack Obama took office when the economy was headed south. But Obama’s policies have made things worse and kept our national economy in the doldrums.
By Don Dietrich , July 12, 2012
OUR OPINION: Housing shortage needs Grand Forks’ attention 
By Tom Dennis , July 11, 2012
OUR OPINION: Congrats to, and some ideas for, Mayor Brown 
By Tom Dennis , June 19, 2012
Brett Narloch, Bismark, column: Measure 2 would fuel tremendous growth 
In 2013, private employment would increase more than 13,000, private investment would increase nearly $1 billion, and real disposable income would increase $1,430 per capita ($5,720 per family of four).
By Brett Narloch , April 24, 2012
Timothy Prescott, Grand Forks, letter: Grand Forks' north end gets its share of growth 
Grand Forks’s coming growth will push more and more elementary schools toward their full operational capacity.
By Timothy Prescott , February 09, 2012
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, column: Let’s meet the challenges to N.D.’s growth 
There is no place like North Dakota, and right now, the world is watching our progress. These challenges of our prosperity will be met, and our growth will continue.
By Jack Dalrymple , December 01, 2011
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