NORTH DAKOTA

To reach a clean energy future, we need three things: effective policy, innovative technology and smart capital.

When Joey Scott arrived here recently from Montana, he had no trouble finding work — he signed almost immediately with a company working to drill in the oil fields. But finding housing was another matter.

The Dakota Venture Group http://www.dakotaventuregroup.com/ is a venture capital investment fund that is one hundred percent student run. In fact, it is the first and only completely student run venture capital fund in the United States.

Bills intended to create similar state-run banks or study the idea are being discussed in Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington State.

North Dakota’s got its act together. From the governor’s office right down to city officials, Montana’s neighbor to the east seems to be doing all it can to develop its energy industry and thrive from…

A report released today shows that junior and senior high school girls living in rural North Dakota don`t have as strong a sense of opportunity as girls in urban areas.

The prosperity North Dakota is now experiencing didn’t happen by accident, but by the good decisions of state and local leaders.

State Is Riding High as Firms Develop Better Ways to Tap Huge Bakken Shale Deposit, Raising Hopes for U.S. Production

“Those are the kinds of results we were hoping to achieve and we want to continue to achieve,” Gov. John Hoeven said of the Centers of Excellence program.