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Angela Kisskeys Named Associations North President

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About Associations North. Associations North ( www.associationsnorth.com ) is the ‘association for associations’ in the Midwest. Our mission is to advance and serve associations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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Trade Group: Driverless Trucks Could Solve Oil-Shipping Crisis

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With oil-rich North Dakota raising fresh shipping concerns, the Central North American Trade Corridor Association hopes to make use of driverless semi-trucks to ease the shipment of oil along a key transport route. 83 is North Dakota, which is currently struggling with the supply chain headaches caused by an oil boom.

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Hemp Industry Brings Momentum to Annual History Week

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Riding a wave of recent legislative success, the Hemp Industries Association hopes to turn the tide even further in its favor with its fifth annual Hemp History Week. For decades, industrial hemp was off the market in the United States. While the hemp industry continues to grow in the U.S.—with Until last October, that is.

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Oil-Spill Regulations for Trains Irk Industry, Environmentalists

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Nobody’s happy, though: The oil and railroad industries say they go too far, but environmentalists say they don’t go far enough. oil industry’s growth, they’re spiking—despite a decline in train crashes overall. Department of Transportation has proposed new regulations for safer transport of flammable liquids.

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We Asked, You Answered: Looking Forward 100 Years

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CEO, North Dakota Association of Realtors. In 2020, the Automotive Lift Institute will be celebrating 75 years of a mission that promotes the safe design, construction, installation, and use of automotive lift products across North America. Here are some of the answers they shared. Involvement and inclusion.

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Here Come the Drones: Industry Groups Talk Up FAA’s Unmanned Device Tests

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Among the picks was a trio of schools—University of Alaska, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Virginia Tech— as well as the state of Nevada, Griffiss International Airport in New York state, and the North Dakota Department of Commerce.

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Native American, First Nations Tribes Join Forces in Pipeline Fight

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Last week, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe gathered for a broad protest in North Dakota against another major project: the Dakota Access Pipeline. “We will come together in unity and solidarity to protect our territory from the predations of big oil interests, industry, and everything that represents.”