Fargo-based insurer's combined ratio improved sharply while non-standard auto premiums shrank and rate cuts spread across the Plains.
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Do you expect your car insurance premiums to go down over the next year?
North Dakota news covers state government, elections, the energy sector, agriculture and civic affairs across the Peace Garden State. Reporting reaches Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Minot.
Kaylee Cordle posted a double-double and Darian Herring passed 1,000 career points in the Warriors' win at the 4 Bears Casino and Lodge Classic.
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Do you support prioritizing the restoration of passenger rail service in your region?
The rail authority submitted initial documentation to a federal program for a new route connecting the two cities.
The nation's only state-owned bank reports solid returns as Washington explores a similar banking model.
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Should your community do more to curb teen vaping in local high schools?
A recent survey estimates 15% of North Dakota high school students vape, prompting local health officials to plan a vape drop-off event.
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Would you support a data center being built in your community if developers paid for infrastructure?
Traditional data centers draw more support than AI facilities among North Dakota residents, according to a statewide telephone survey.
This section follows the legislature and the governor's office, statewide elections, the courts and the oil production and agricultural sectors that together drive the North Dakota economy. Coverage runs through Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Minot and the rural communities across the plains. The Bakken oil formation and the production decisions of the energy sector shape the state budget, infrastructure demands and workforce patterns in ways that distinguish North Dakota from most of its neighbors. Agricultural commodity markets and their influence on farm income are the other recurring economic force, and the two often pull state fiscal policy in competing directions.
