Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved his request to extend the deadline for North Dakota residents to apply for federal flood assistance.
Home owners and business owners have until Nov. 21, 2011, to apply with FEMA for Individual Assistance. The deadline extension also givesflood victims 60 more days to apply for low interest loans provided by the Small Business Administration. Additionally, the extension means that FEMA will continue to operate a Disaster Recovery Center in Minot where property owners are recovering from unprecedented flooding along …

By Kylie Blanchard, Clearwater Communications
Many issues impacting North Dakota businesses were discussed, debated and voted on during the 2011 legislative session, but a few key topics remain on the table for the upcoming special session scheduled to begin Nov. 7.
For the second time this year, state lawmakers will convene at the Capitol to tackle redistricting needs, health care reform and flood recovery. The session is expected to last five days and legislators will remain focused on a set agenda with few new bill introductions expected.
Interim Legislative Redistricting Committee members have …

Gov. Jack Dalrymple told Environmental Protection Agency officials last month that their proposal to further restrict regional haze is overreaching and would have devastating consequences in rural America, where normally occurring dust is a fact of life in agriculture production.
Dalrymple, Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Kent Conrad and Rep. Rick Berg met jointly with EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe and Janet McCabe, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the EPA’s air quality division, to share North Dakota’s concerns about EPA proposals to further regulate industry emissions and dust. Dalrymple, and the congressional delegation …

The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA), along with the offices of Gov. Jack Dalrymple and First Lady Betsy Dalrymple, is exhibiting the works of Grand Forks artist Robert A. Bykonen at the Capitol Building in Bismarck during the months of January, February and March. Bykonen’s works are on display in the Governor’s ground floor and first floor offices, the First Lady’s fourth floor office, and the Attorney General’s first floor office.
This is part of an ongoing program between the NDCA and the offices of the Governor and First …

The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that North Dakota’s population has reached 672,591 residents, an increase of 30,391 people (a nearly 5 percent increase) in the last decade.
Census data shows that North Dakota’s current population is the largest since 1930 when the state was home to a record 680,845 people.
“The Census Bureau’s findings con- firm what we have been working hard to accomplish over the last 10 years,” Gov. Jack Dalrymple said. “We are growing North Dakota.”
State officials and economists attribute North Dakota’s population increase to the state’s economic growth. …

Gov. Jack Dalrymple released his 2011-2013 Executive Budget on Dec. 8, calling for a policy of building on proven objectives and supporting new areas of emphasis to further grow the State of North Dakota. Gov. Dalrymple’s Executive Budget includes:
Unprecedented funding for transportation infrastructure, housing, water supply and water control projects and other infrastructure investments throughout the state. It also includes investments in economic development, education improvement, agricultural research and quality-of-life enhancements.
A commitment to providing additional tax relief to the people of North Dakota. The Executive Budget plan provides $900 million …