by Jan Wangler | Sep 5, 2026 | Newsletter
What Survived North Dakota’s September Special Session September 5, 2026 North Dakota lawmakers wrapped up their three-day special session Friday after considering kratom regulation, property taxes, data-center and industrial-development confidentiality, and...
by Jan Wangler | Sep 4, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: North Dakota’s special session enters what lawmakers hope will be its final day with two sharply different kratom bills crossing chambers. The House voted 86-6 for regulated...
by Jan Wangler | Sep 3, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: North Dakota’s special session moved four business-relevant bills through committee yesterday. The regulated-kratom bill and the bill scheduling certain...
by Jan Wangler | Sep 2, 2026 | Newsletter
*NDBU SPECIAL REPORT* North Dakota Special Session: Four Bills Businesses Should Know About September 1, 2026 North Dakota lawmakers convene in special session September 2 following Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s August executive order concerning kratom. But the...
by Jan Wangler | Sep 2, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: Manufacturing across the nine-state Mid-America region expanded for a seventh consecutive month in August. Creighton University’s Business Conditions Index rose to 57.1 from 55.7...
