Dave Thompson
News Director, Prairie PublicDave Thompson has been saying "good morning" to public radio listeners in North Dakota since 1981, and under his watch, Prairie Public’s radio service has won more than 150 awards for news reporting. Dave is a native of Bismarck, and his hobbies are karaoke, bowling, karaoke, music collecting, karaoke—and by the way, did we say karaoke?
You can contact Dave at dthompson@prairiepublic.org.
Stories by Dave Thompson
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It's designed to find budget savings, at a time where revenue could be tight -
The state’s Office of Management and Budget has rolled out a voluntary separation incentive program (VSIP) for state agencies “to provide financial savings to the state by decreasing staffing levels or costs.” -
Melissa Uetz teaches at Fargo's Explorer Academy -
This was prompted by a "hole" in a hill. -
The state will have money in the bank at the end of the biennium -
State agencies being asked how they would respond
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Matt Perdue discusses two important topics for North Dakota farmers -
That's due to predictions of nearly $1 billion less in revenues
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North Dakota legislators finished their assigned duty of deciding how to spend the $199 million grant to improve rural health care. In addition, they approved a loan to help the struggling Elgin hospital. But what they didn’t pass was a bill to provide breakfast and lunch for school children.
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It was designed to head-off an initiated Constitutional amendment.
