North Dakota’s finances exceed expectations, oil is significant, but not only factor

BISMARCK — North Dakota is again on its way to building up a state surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars. The general fund’s projected ending balance for June 30, 2013, is $383.2 million, a jump from the $51 million ending balance projected when the Legislature adjourned this spring.

By: Teri Finneman, The Dickinson Press