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A revised revenue forecast released by the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget (OMB) bodes well for the state’s ability to achieve a structurally balanced budget, fund priorities and invest in legacy projects for the future, Gov. Doug Burgum said.

Gov. Burgum joined North Dakota State University officials to announce a transformative, interdisciplinary research institute focused on global innovation, trade and economic growth and made possible by philanthropy from benefactors.

Gov. Doug Burgum has signed his first bill of the 2019 legislative session, removing mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug-related offenses.

Gov. Doug Burgum applauded an announcement that the Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) for Civil Works, R.D. James, has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to increase federal participation in the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project to $750 million, up from $450 million.

Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement regarding retired North Dakota Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Darrol G. Schroeder, who passed away Sunday, March 3, at age 88.

Gov. Doug Burgum has signed an executive order extending until March 22 an hours of service waiver for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting propane, diesel fuel and gasoline.

Gov. Doug Burgum and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation Chairman Mark Fox have signed a compact that maintains the current tax rate on oil and gas production and extraction within the Fort Berthold Reservation, while changing how the state and tribe share tax revenue from new oil and gas activity on trust and fee lands.

Gov. Doug Burgum attended a business session at the White House with President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet while in Washington, D.C., for the National Governors Association’s annual Winter Meeting.

Gov. Doug Burgum will join nearly all of the nation’s governors plus more than 1,500 business, nonprofit and government leaders and others from around the world at the National Governors Association’s 111th annual Winter Meeting, which runs through Monday in Washington, D.C.

Gov. Doug Burgum  announced the state’s participation in an innovative, online cybersecurity competition and encouraged high school-aged women to explore their aptitude for cybersecurity and computer science by participating.