(Bismarck, ND) The North Dakota Secretary of State's office is reporting that nearly 16-percent of eligible voters turned out for yesterday's primary election. Over 105-thousand ballots were cast. The state has more than 671-thousand eligible voters. Adams County had the highest percentage of voter turnout with just over 50-percent of eligible voters casting ballots.
North Dakota Democrats made eleventh-hour filings to fill gaps in the June primary but still lacked candidates for one statewide office and several House and Senate slots in some legislative
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Action by the North Dakota Legislature earlier this year means a price-triggered exemption for the state's oil industry will not go into effect Tuesday. November marked the fifth-straight month that oil prices averaged below a trigger price of $55.09.
Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation to provide an estimated $211 million in income tax relief over the next two years by eliminating the state income tax bill for approximately 300,000 North Dakota taxpayers and providing partial relief to another 200,000 taxpayers. The tax relief fulfills a major piece of the governor’s Accelerate ND plan for the Legislature’s special session, which adjourned today.