Category Archives: Business News

NDUS committee reviews attorney hiring policy
A committee of the Board of Higher Education has sent a proposed policy change on who colleges hire for outside legal counsel back to the drawing board. The policy changes provide that - if a campus n...
Doug Barrett Mar 23, 2022

DNR: Enbridge crews harmed MN groundwater even more
Minnesota environmental regulators say damage to the state's public groundwater resources from missteps during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline is more severe than previously known. The state D...
Pat Sweeney Mar 22, 2022

Canadian Pacific to resume operations after work stoppage
Approximately 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference will be returning to work after an agreement was reached ...
Doug Barrett Mar 22, 2022

U of M asks lawmakers for $30m for scholarships
University of Minnesota officials are asking legislators to approve $30 million for scholarships for students who attend regional campuses. The proposed Greater Minnesota Scholarship Program would go ...
Doug Barrett Mar 21, 2022

Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture
Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineer...
Doug Barrett Mar 21, 2022

GF Business News: jobs...name changes & recalls
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, as layoffs continue to decline amid a strong job market rebound. Jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 214,000 for the week ending March 12, dow...
Doug Barrett Mar 20, 2022

Burgum asks Canadian officials to help prevent CP work stoppage
Gov. Doug Burgum today sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan asking them to take all action necessary to help prevent a work stoppage on Canadia...
Pat Sweeney Mar 18, 2022

Tired of waiting for driverless vehicles? Head to a farm
For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Finally they're here, but to catch a glimpse of them, you'll need to go...
Doug Barrett Mar 17, 2022

ND oil development up and down
North Dakota's mineral resources director says even with high oil prices, oil companies are reluctant to bring more drilling rigs to the Bakken. Lynn Helms says one reason is workforce. He says anothe...
Doug Barrett Mar 16, 2022

GF Fufeng petitions still making the rounds
Supporters of a petition effort to place the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant on the ballot in Grand Forks face a pending deadline for collecting signatures. Organizers are using signs and mass mail...
Doug Barrett Mar 16, 2022