Category Archives: Business News

U.S. House votes to repeal Biden auto emissions rule
(North Dakota Monitor) - The U.S. House voted, 215-191, on Friday to roll back an Environmental Protection Agency rule strengthening standards for air pollution from car and truck tailpipes. Eight Dem...
North Dakota Monitor Sep 20, 2024

Advocates call for expanding free school meals
(North Dakota Monitor) - Amid persistent child hunger and food insecurity in the United States, lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday stressed the importance of school meal programs during a U.S. Senat...
Shauneen Miranda/North Dakota Monitor Sep 19, 2024

Marshall, Beltrami counties to receive emergency assistance
(KNOX) - Marshall County is among a half-dozen Minnesota counties Governor Tim Walz has authorized emergency assistance for from damage caused by severe weather this summer. Marshall County experience...
Jim Johnson Sep 19, 2024

Northwest Minnesota cities and counties to share in $21 million grant
(KNOX) - Several northwest Minnesota cities will share in $21 million grants from the Small Cities Development Program on the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The funding w...
Jim Johnson Sep 18, 2024

Paraquat dichloride, a herbicide, may be on the EPA chopping block
(North Dakota Monitor) - Public health advocates and farmworkers called for a federal ban on a toxic herbicide they say led to their Parkinson's disease during a Tuesday briefing for congressional sta...
Ariana Figueroa/North Dakota Monitor Sep 18, 2024

Minnesota drivers asked to share the road during harvest
(KNOX) - Motorists traveling on Minnesota roads this fall should be aware of large farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators and processing plants, according to the Minnesota Depar...
Jim Johnson Sep 18, 2024

Study recommends shifting state dollars away from the Bank of North Dakota
(North Dakota Monitor) - A cash management study presented to lawmakers Tuesday recommends shifting state money away from the Bank of North Dakota to increase returns for state government. The state k...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Sep 17, 2024

Homeowners, renters have until September 27 to apply for federal assistance
(KNOX) - Governor Tim Walz is encouraging Minnesotans impacted by this summer's severe flooding to apply for federal assistance. Homeowners and renters in 19 counties affected by this summer's severe ...
Jim Johnson Sep 17, 2024

NDDOT will discuss the intersection of Highway 2 and Airport Road
(KNOX) - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will host a public engagement meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 5-7 p.m. CDT to discuss proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 2 and Airport...
Jim Johnson Sep 17, 2024

'Cans for Corn' will be from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday
(KNOX) - Every year, Paul Sprole grows sweet corn. Sprole hosts "Cans for Corn," where people donate canned goods to the Salvation Army in exchange for the sweet corn that he grows. There's a shortage...
Jim Johnson Sep 17, 2024