US House hopeful Gulleson unveils jobs plan - Grand Forks Herald

8 February 2012, 8:56 pm

US House hopeful Gulleson unveils jobs planGrand Forks Herald“We need to innovate here at home, we need to build here at home, and North Dakota should be in the leadership on this.” The family farmer and former state representative launched her “Building the Future” tour Thursday.Gulleson Ho... Read More »

Job Service North Dakota reports 'wealth of jobs' - Grand Forks Herald

8 February 2012, 8:31 pm

Job Service North Dakota reports 'wealth of jobs'Grand Forks HeraldSanford sees a lot of people from Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Florida hoping to find jobs in North Dakota. “I don't think North Dakota realizes just how bad the economy is in the rest of the United States,” she said... Read More »

Floundering Swing State Economies Imperil Obama: Ezra Klein - Bloomberg

8 February 2012, 6:02 pm

Floundering Swing State Economies Imperil Obama: Ezra KleinBloombergObama won most of those states in 2008. So it's hard to argue that the gulf is partisan or ideological. The likelier explanation is economic. The five largest of those swing states -- Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and No... Read More »

Crapo: Keystone pipeline will 'help get the economy moving' - The Idaho Statesman

8 February 2012, 1:59 pm

Los Angeles TimesCrapo: Keystone pipeline will 'help get the economy moving'The Idaho StatesmanThe following is my response: On January 30, 2012, Senator John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) introduced S. 2041, a bill to immediately approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. I am an original co-spons... Read More »

TechBits: Virginia sales taxes; NH broadband - Washington Post

8 February 2012, 11:58 am

TechBits: Virginia sales taxes; NH broadbandWashington PostFive states — Kentucky, Kansas, New York, North Dakota and Washington — already have similar laws in effect and nine others have agreements or laws about to take effect to collect online retailing taxes. Neither Amazon nor any other Inte... Read More »

States With Demand For Workers - San Francisco Chronicle

8 February 2012, 10:38 am

PR WebStates With Demand For WorkersSan Francisco ChronicleGregory Bull / AP North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the US with 3.3%. In this Tuesday, July 26, 2011 photo, a man walks back to his temporary housing unit outside of Willisburg, ND With what many are calling the largest oil bo... Read More »

Secondary Sources: Automatic Stabilizers, Detroit Unemployment, State-by-State ... - Wall Street Journal (blog)

8 February 2012, 7:02 am

Secondary Sources: Automatic Stabilizers, Detroit Unemployment, State-by-State ...Wall Street Journal (blog)By Phil Izzo –Automatic Stabilizers: Peter Orszag says it would be smart to tie recovery programs to economic indicators. “In devising public policy to respond to the recession, it would h... Read More »

Governor tours fracking site near Sidney - Billings Gazette

8 February 2012, 6:24 am

KULR-TVGovernor tours fracking site near SidneyBillings GazetteBrian Schweitzer talks with Brad Aman, vice president of northern region production for Continental Resources, an oil company working in northeastern Montana and North Dakota. Schweitzer toured a hydraulic fracturing site 45 northwest of... Read More »

North Dakota Workers Report Best Hiring Situation in 2011 - Gallup.com

8 February 2012, 1:11 am

North Dakota Workers Report Best Hiring Situation in 2011Gallup.comState-by-state economic confidence scores, which Gallup reported Monday, seem to be at least partly influenced by the hiring environment in each state. North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia ra... Read More »

Economic Confidence Highest in DC, Lowest in W.Va. - Gallup.com

6 February 2012, 1:04 am

The Epoch TimesEconomic Confidence Highest in DC, Lowest in W.Va.Gallup.comAfter the District of Columbia, South Dakota and Hawaii had the highest economic confidence scores in 2009 and 2010, respectively. North Dakota ranked first in 2008. West Virginia has ranked as the least economically confiden... Read More »