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Now that the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have passed their versions of the farm bill, it's time to cherry pick all the things people hate about the legislation.

As Republicans on the panel pressed Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to encourage Indian tribes to develop more oil and natural gas resources, the department chief reiterated the administration's commitment to developing renewable energy alongside fossil fuels.

Federal lawmakers are trying to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from charging residents and businesses for using Missouri River reservoir water.

A bipartisan group of western lawmakers is pushing legislation in Washington to restore cuts of $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states.

Earlier this year, Congress passed an extension to the 2008 Farm Bill after the House failed to bring the 2012 version to the floor for consideration.

Bobcat Company has officially broken ground on its $20 million renovation and expansion to create the Acceleration Center in Bismarck, N.D. When complete, the Acceleration Center will be a modern complex for advancing innovation where professionals utilize technology and modern design.

North Dakota Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer asked the FAA to keep it open after passing state legislation that gives the agency a larger budget to help keep it open through the night.

For now, excess natural gas is burned off at most oil wells in North Dakota. But if pipelines can be built, the gas can be contained and used.

The only 24-7 air traffic control tower in the Dakotas will stay open through the night, after North Dakota's congressional delegation pleaded with the Federal Aviation Administration to keep the Fargo facility open at all times.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top K Street lobbyists to push for the tax-hike legislation.

A: The crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast called the Keystone XL pipeline would provide 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day and help to counteract insufficient domestic oil supplies and reduce America's dependence on less reliable foreign sources.

When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes? Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top K Street lobbyists to push for the tax-hike legislation.

Two days after a rosy government report doubled the estimate of how much oil is tucked beneath North Dakota, four men hop out of their vehicles into the soft dusk light atop a rock-strewn hill north of town.

Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow's mark is expected to provide for small cuts to food stamps and to curb crop insurance subsidies for high-income farmers.

The U.S. Senate approved legislation late Monday that would make it easier for states to collect taxes on Internet sales.

A top wind trade group said Monday that it's crafting a long-term policy plan that it soon plans to take to tax-writing committees in the House and the Senate.

From China to Connecticut, investors are pumped about latest U.S. estimates of even more energy wealth waiting to be tapped in the state.

The effect of Community Development Block Grant funds was evident Friday at the residence of Mickie Johnson in southwest Minot.

Whether it was from an incoming mortar or rocket remains unknown, but shrapnel tore into James Tofteland of Minot.