Former Gov. Doug Burgum will divest interests in multiple companies as he is set to lead the Interior Department, but retain some other interests, per an ethics agreement.

Doug Burgum, former North Dakota governor and businessman is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Interior. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thurs., Jan 16, 2025.

North Dakota is in a unique position to use its oil wealth to eventually end property taxes on people's homes under a plan from new Gov. Kelly Armstrong.

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong unveiled a plan Tuesday that aims to eliminate property taxes for most homeowners within a decade. In his first State of the State address, the Republican also signaled support for education savings accounts and public charter schools,

Burgum has taken a business-oriented bent as governor of North Dakota, where agriculture and ... He campaigned on priorities of energy, economy and national security, but dropped out after his ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota could become the first state to eventually end property taxes on people’s homes under a proposal from the state’s new governor that combines conservative ...

By John Haughey Contributing Writer  Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum told key senators on Thursday that he’d be aggressive in opening public lands to oil and gas development in efforts to reverse an imbalance in federal leasing policy he said is short-circuiting the nation’s capacity to produce the base-load electricity needed to win “the AI race with China.

Kristi Noem, the firebrand South Dakota governor is set to go before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs for her confirmation hearing to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer, is a former Congresswoman from South Dakota who ran for Governor in 2018.

President Joe Biden, who will leave office this month, used the act to designate Avi Kwa Ame in Southern Nevada, a more than 500,000-acre site considered holy to Yuman-speaking Native American tribes. He added two more national monuments in California this week, Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument.

As the nominee for U.S. Interior secretary, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is poised to support President-elect Donald Trump's vision of American energy dominance, ready to streamline the use of federal land for energy production.

Burgum said the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and lower costs.

WASHINGTON — Former North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday got a step closer to securing his spot as secretary of the Department of the Interior following a rather breezy confirmation hearing before a U.