This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor,

We have a real chance to fix what has sadly become an incompetent and rogue department. It needs servant leadership with a keen focus on mission to take the helm.

Paperwork delays have forced some Trump confirmation hearings to be postponed, with Republicans blaming bureacracy.

Day Four of the Trump administration opens in Washington, D.C. with a raft of Senate hearings including Trump's picks for the Departments of Energy and Interior as well as the EPA and VA. Also on the docket,

Utah Sen. Mike Lee announced Monday he had postponed the confirmation hearing for two days for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department.

The Senate battle to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks will begin in earnest on Tuesday, as his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, meets the

Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, former Florida AG Pam Bondi, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday around 9:30 a.m.

Doug Burgum this week signed an ethics agreement divesting from oil and gas interests as he seeks to be confirmed as Interior secretary. As North Dakota governor, however, Burgum did not take similar steps to avoid a conflict of interest even though he chaired two state boards that regulate the industry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) – During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor, the state repeatedly sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, attempting to rip up rules that govern federal lands in his state and across the country.

Senate hearings are beginning for Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet. Many nominees have been meeting with senators individually. Now, they're going this week before the committees overseeing the ag

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, will appear for her first confirmation hearing Wednesday around 9:00 a.m. before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

One day after Trump's inauguration, oil and gas billionaires see their total wealth boosted by more than $3 billion.