WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter sent to Obama Administration Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, North Dakota’s congressional delegation asked for penalties against Delta Airlines for failing to keep up federally subsidized flights from the Devils Lake and Jamestown airports. “Devils Lake and Jamestown have spent considerable time, money, and effort to build their passenger [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John Hoeven (R – ND) organized what was described in a press release as a “colluqy” of his fellow Senators today to push legislation clearing the way for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. That project of Canadian company TransCanada, an expansion of the existing Keystone pipeline system, has been held up [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Comments from North Dakota’s director of the Oil and Gas division of the Department of Mineral Resources caused a stir in the oil industry. Lynn Helms was quoted in media reports as saying that the EPA could institute a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a technique key to oil production in the state’s [...]
BISMARCK, ND – The need to build the Keystone XL Pipeline is so imperative, Senator John Hoeven says North Dakota offered to be part an alternative route for the beleaguered project. “They’ve been at it for three years going through the regulatory approval process making sure they put all the safeguards in place,: said Hoeven [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – “We have to reduce the deficit and the debt,” said Senator John Hoeven (R – ND) in an interview today. “We are encouraging [the super committee] to bring forward a proposal that the Congress can go to work on.” Hoeven said that this Congress has already passed deficit reduction, but that the [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this year the EPA announced its intention to take over state-management of haze regulation in North Dakota. Thsi has met with resistance from state officials, including Governor Jack Dalrymple and members of the state’s Public Service Commission, and now there’s opposition coming from the federal level as well. Congressman Rick Berg [...]
BISMARCK, ND – Senator John Hoeven has come under some criticism over his vote for a bill that would push back against Chinese currency manipulation. The Wall Street Journal has ranked Hoeven among the “Senate’s new protectionists,” but Hoeven denies the moniker saying he’s got a record that’s “strong pro trade.” “My record as governor [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – According to filings with the FEC, Senator John Hoeven’s campaign is still raking in substantial contributions even though he’s not up for re-election until 2016. In the third quarter Hoeven collected $30,054.28 including $6,980 from individuals. Among itemized contributions over $250 there were just 5 individuals, two of them from North Dakota. [...]
BISMARCK, ND – Governor Jack Dalrymple and the ND congressional delegation met with Amtrak officials in Washington, DC today, urging Amtrak to invest in critical upgrades to the Church’s Ferry railroad bridge and in other necessary infrastructure improvements on their Empire Building line in North Dakota. Yesterday, Amtrak announced that it will resume service from [...]
BISMARCK, ND – According to today’s update from the Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, the recent rains in North Dakota, Montana and the surrounding region exceed normal precipitation by more than 600% and have heavily impacted the release schedule from five of the Corps’ six dams. Flows from the dam releases are expected to [...]