Political Notebook: Governor makes note of historic Bison win

Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau, The Jamestown Sun
Published Thursday, March 12, 2009
BISMARCK – Gov. John Hoeven and the North Dakota House made note Wednesday of North Dakota State University’s historic basketball win on Tuesday night.
Hoeven was speaking at a noon ceremony in which the American Institute of Architecture was recognizing the Capitol’s classic International style [...]

PSC getting more reports of sinkholes

Associated Press, Grand Forks Herald
Published Thursday, April 23, 2009
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Public Service Commission is finding new sinkholes. The PSC says some have been found north of Beulah, on a county road southeast of Dickinson and under a road near the Scranton grain elevator. PSC President Kevin Cramer says the wet spring has [...]

Political Notebook - No tea party here

Don Davis and Janell Cole, The Fargo Forum
Published Monday, April 20, 2009

When North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer welcomed a crowd to the PSC’s carbon cap-and-trade summit Friday, he called everyone’s attention to free coffee available. “There is no tea,” he quipped, a nod to coverage the previous two days in news media of [...]

Carbon debate - Utilities say cap-and-trade means higher rates

Whitney Pandil-Eaton, Minot Daily News
Published Saturday, April 18, 2009

BISMARCK - It was a passionate, but cordial, debate among members of the general public, utilities representatives and academics at the North Dakota Service Commission’s Carbon Cap and Trade Summit held Friday at the State Capitol Building.
One of the central questions behind the debate was asked by [...]