Category Archives: Business News

EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed increasing ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years. The announcement was welcomed by ...
Doug Barrett Dec 02, 2022

Nationwide rail strike averted
President Joe Biden will sign a bill Friday to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into recession. The White House said that Biden would sign a measure passed Thursday...
Doug Barrett Dec 02, 2022

Cramer says opposition to Fufeng is not new
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer says his opposition to the Fufeng project was known long before the review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Cramer says he was happy to support th...
Doug Barrett Dec 01, 2022

ND to get $4.1M in Google settlement over tracking practices
Google has reached a $391.5 million setlement with 40 states, including North Dakota, over its location tracking practices related to Google Account settings. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigle...
Pat Sweeney Nov 29, 2022

Congress asked to head off potential rail strike
Consumers could quickly start seeing higher gas prices and shortages of some of their favorite groceries if railroads aren't able to agree on contracts with al 12 of their unions ahead of next month's...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2022

GF Sales Tax sees continued growth
Grand Forks sales tax collections topped the $2.6 million dollar mark in November. The latest payment pushes the year-to-date total to over $28.5 million dollars - or 9.4% above the 2021 tally. The lo...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2022

Gas...jobs & wages
The average price of gasoline has fallen more than 18 cents in North Dakota. GasBuddy says it now averages $3.29 per gallon. That's more than 30 cents lower than a month ago, but are still 14 cents hi...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2022

EGF Council mulls adding electric scooter program
( Electric scooters have been operating in Grand Forks since September...and they could be coming to East Grand Forks. The E-G-F city council heard a presentation Tuesday night from Bird Rides, the co...
Pat Sweeney Nov 23, 2022

Ellison to look into proposed Sanford-Fairview merger
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office will hold as many as four public meetings around the state to gather input on the proposed merger between Sanford Health and Fairview Health Se...
Pat Sweeney Nov 22, 2022

Consumers could pay price if railroads, unions can't agree
Consumers could quickly start seeing higher gas prices and shortages of some of their favorite groceries if railroads aren't able to agree on contracts with al 12 of their unions ahead of next month's...
Doug Barrett Nov 22, 2022