Dr. David Flynn, an economist from the University of North Dakota, joins this episode of Plain Talk to discuss the deeply complicated issue of inflation.
Give credit to Governor Doug Burgum and other leaders in his administration for unflinchingly pursuing as much data about the outbreak as they can, even though that data has often proved to be politically inconvenient. North Dakota has tested at a rate that's more than double that of neighbors in Minnesota and Montana, and it's closing in on quadrupling what South Dakota is going.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following appeared in a special section titled "Greater Grand Forks Community," which published in the Aug. 29 edition of the Grand Forks Herald.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If you feel like you may never pay off your student loans, you're not alone -- over 1 million people default on their student loans every year.
BISMARCK -- Amid a multi-fronted fight over international trade in the United States, experts said the effect on North Dakota's overall economy and government revenue may be hard to pinpoint.
It was dusty on the Odra LLC manufacturing floor Wednesday afternoon. But, given the mission of the place, that was kind of fitting. Odra, a U.S. subsidiary of a Canadian firm and named after a Polish river, builds street sweepers in a shop not f...
When it comes to jobs in North Dakota, it's still an applicant's market. Despite continued challenges to the state's leading energy and agricultural commodities, the unemployment rate was about 2.7 percent as of April, according to Job Service No...
If you look in the right places, there are good signs for Grand Forks' economy. Altru Health System officials say it added about 140 employees between 2014 and 2016, of a total workforce closing in on 4,300 people. Tricia Weber, a human resources...
Federal economic data released Tuesday shows North Dakota's metro areas can grow despite a slump in oil prices, a UND economist said. The data, released by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, showed the Grand Forks metr...
Financial experts in Grand Forks are recommending investors take a deep breath after political turmoil across the pond caused stocks to drop in recent days.
Reduced Canadian trade, a depressed farm economy and low oil prices are taking their toll on sales tax revenue in Grand Forks. For each of the first five months of this year, Grand Forks sales tax collections have been below what was collected la...
