Burgum supports the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. In July 2020, Burgum called the 2020 Republican platform "divisive and divisional" on LGBT issues.
Gov. Doug Burgum announced that the integration of North Dakota's Department of Health and Department of Human Services into one Health and Human Services (HHS) agency is effective Sept. 1, 2022.
Thirty-two men have served as Governor of North Dakota from statehood in 1889 to 1985. Twenty-five were Republicans, six were Democrats, and one, Eli C.D. Shortridge (1893-1894), a Populist.
North Dakota is known for its Badlands, now part of the 70,000-acre Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Roosevelt's journey to the Dakota Territory in 1883 to hunt bison was among his Western ventures that instilled in him a fervor for preservation of natural lands, and ultimately the first national parks.
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#1 Lawrence Welk According to Wikipedia, Lawrence Welk was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program "The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. He was born in Strasburg, North Dakota, and has part of highway 83 named after him.
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Elected President Trump won North Dakota 65.1% to 31.7%, a margin of 33.4%, about three points down from his 36-point victory in 2016. North Dakota, a rural state covered in the Midwestern Plains, is one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation.
While governors are most often thought of as executives—meaning they are responsible for executing or carrying out the laws of the state—they also have legislative responsibilities. They have the power to sign or veto legislation and to participate in the budget-making process.
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1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the main highlights of any trip to North Dakota. Named after the naturalist, rancher, and 26th president of the United States, the national park still encompasses the same landscapes that once enamored Roosevelt himself.
The Clothes Dryer Was Invented in North Dakota.
Elected President Trump won North Dakota 65.1% to 31.7%, a margin of 33.4%, about three points down from his 36-point victory in 2016. North Dakota, a rural state covered in the Midwestern Plains, is one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation.
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem is now accepting applications for the Governor's Office fall 2022 internship program. PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem released draft social studies standards for K-12 students in South Dakota.
Just like the US federal government, our state government consists of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. In addition, the Indian Affairs Commission serves as the liaison between the Executive Branch and the five federally recognized tribes in North Dakota.
The governor of North Dakota is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The current officeholder is Republican Doug Burgum.
In 2001 he sold Great Plains Software to Microsoft for $1.1 billion.
Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American entrepreneur and politician serving as the 33rd and current Governor of North Dakota since 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party. Burgum joined Great Plains Software in 1983 and became its president in 1984. He sold the company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001.
It was named Renaissance Hall and became home to the university's visual arts department, major components of the architecture and landscape architecture department and the Tri-College University office. In 2008 Burgum started the Doug Burgum Family Fund, which focuses its charitable giving on youth, education and health.
During his last year at Stanford, Burgum "spent the whole final quarter on a project team with Ballmer.". He received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1980.
Early life and education. Burgum was born on August 1, 1956 in Arthur, North Dakota, where his grandfather had founded a grain elevator in 1906. He is the son of Katherine (Kilbourne) and Joseph Boyd Burgum. He attended North Dakota State University (NDSU) to earn his undergraduate degree in 1978.
With no formal political experience and despite losing the state party's endorsement to longtime Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem at the party convention in April, Burgum defeated Stenehjem in the primary election to claim the Republican nomination.
Burgum ran for reelection in 2020. He was reelected with over 65% of the vote against veterinarian Shelley Lenz.