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Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota...

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They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting...

11.08.2025 60

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“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting...

04.08.2025 10

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“BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota...

06.01.2025 20

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Ethics Experts Sound Alarm on North Dakota Governor Candidate’s Oil and Gas Ties

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor . Sign up for Dispatches to get...

07.10.2024 10

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North Dakota’s Likely Next Governor Brushes Off Conflict Concerns, Says His Oil and Gas Ties Would Benefit the State

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota...

07.10.2024 3

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