NorthDakota

Fargo, North Dakota, may be having the last laugh. The 1996 black comedy "Fargo" brought the expression "Yah, you betcha," into popular joke vernacular. But there was some sobering Census data just released about the city we've so enjoyed poking fun of. Fargo grew by about 15,000 people to a...

Local news outlets in the state of Washington are reporting that legislators there are considering launching a government-run bank to compete with the "too big to fail" banking behemoths. The idea might sound strange, but it's not without precedent: North Dakota has had a state-run bank since back...

The results of CQ Press's annual State Crime Rankings are in and, for some states, the results are reassuring. For nearly two decades, these rankings have shown how the 50 states compare against the national average for six crimes: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor...

North Dakota has either the lowest unemployment rate in the United States at 2.5%, or almost the lowest, placing third at 3.4%, depending on which figures you want to follow. The lower number isn't seasonally adjusted, as it is in the second figure from U.S. Department of Labor, a practice that...