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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard have staked a friendly wager on Saturday’s contest for the Dakota Marker between the North Dakota State University and South Dakota State University football teams.

Gov. Doug Burgum has proclaimed Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, Miss America Cara Mund Day in North Dakota to coincide with homecoming ceremonies for the Bismarck native.

A selection committee has forwarded the names of three finalists for the position of state Land Commissioner to the North Dakota Board of University and School Lands (Land Board) for consideration.

Gov. Doug Burgum today signed an executive order granting an hours-of-service waiver for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting propane.

Gov. Doug Burgum today announced the retirement of North Dakota Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Pam Sharp, extending his gratitude to Sharp for her dedication to the State of North Dakota for more than three decades.   

Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum today applauded President Donald Trump for declaring the nation’s opioid crisis a Nationwide Public Health Emergency, expanding access to resources and services – including in rural and remote areas – to combat the chronic disease of addiction.

Gov. Doug Burgum will welcome Vice President Mike Pence to North Dakota on Friday during his visit to Minot Air Force Base.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister met today in Fargo to discuss the critical partnership between the United States and Canada as well as several shared interests and key issues facing both jurisdictions, including trade, water and public safety.

The North Dakota Governor’s Office, North Dakota Department of Commerce and Economic Development Association of North Dakota (EDND) today presented the Governor’s Choice – Economic Developer of the Year awards during the EDND Fall Conference in Williston.

Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed former Walsh County prosecutor Barbara Whelan to a judgeship in the Northeast Judicial District, effective Oct. 23.