John Hoeven

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) spearheaded a letter signed by a bipartisan group of Senators to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Senators' letter requests that the Grain, Inspection and Packers and Stockyards Administration...

The Hill, a political newspaper, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. "McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is on a two-day energy tour in Alaska with Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota). On Sunday, they landed in Anchorage after touring various oil and natural gas activities on the North Slope. Among the places they visited...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When Ron Merritt saw Minot's Oak Park after the peak of last summer's Souris River flooding, he despaired about making it normal again. Water had reached the eaves of the park's picnic shelters, river sediment was everywhere...

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The flood fight continues on a northeastern North Dakota lake that has been described as a slow-growing monster, but one of the state’s U.S. senators says a series of remedies are making a difference.   Republican Sen....

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The flood fight continues on a northeastern North Dakota lake that has been described as a slow-growing monster, but one of the state's U.S. senators says a series of remedies are making a difference. Republican Sen. John Hoeven,...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama broke with their pattern of serving beef at high-level dinners on March 14 when they served bison from North Dakota for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha Cameron....

House - ending March 9 By Voterama in Congress Capital formation, financial deregulation: Voting 390 for and 23 against, the House on March 8 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3606) to ease financial regulations in order to help emerging small and mid-...

Long-term-care insurance: Voting 267 for and 159 against, the House on Feb. 1 sent the Senate a bill to repeal the 2010 health law's section on long-term-care insurance. The program already had been shelved by the administration on the grounds it...

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Tesoro Corp. plans to increase diesel production at its North Dakota oil refinery in response to growing demand in the region.    Production at the Mandan plant — the only oil refinery in North Dakota — will increase...

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The water authority in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is preparing to unveil its 2012 operating plan for Souris River dams.    Gov. Jack Dalrymple and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the Canadian group will present the plan...

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Crop insurance, research and export promotion should be among the top priorities in the next federal farm bill, say spokesmen for North Dakota agricultural groups, who are bracing for cuts in federal spending. "We'll have less...