For eight incredible years, Kathryn and I have greeted every day with enormous gratitude for the opportunity to serve the citizens of North Dakota as governor and first lady. We have been rewarded with a deeper sense of love and appreciation for this exceptional place where we

Great way to spend my last day in office! Let’s go Bison! 🦬 🤘🏻. Grateful for President Cook and all the NDSU staff for a great pregame. Now let’s get a win!

Other people call them state employees. To us, they’re the members of Team ND, the dedicated men and women who carry out the functions of state government with a passion for serving the citizens of North Dakota. When we took office on Dec. 15, 2016, we recognized an opportunity

Being governor presents a multitude of opportunities to serve in leadership positions and work with fantastic leaders from other states, organizations and branches of government. As 2020 chair of the Western Governors’ Association, my central policy initiative, “Reimagining the

From an unprecedented protest, civil unrest and a once-in-a-generation pandemic to historic wildfires, snowfall, tornadoes and droughts, North Dakota experienced no shortage of crises during our eight years in the Governor’s Office. With a whole-of-government approach, Team ND

From the early days of our administration, we recognized how silos in state government were putting up unnecessary barriers to collaboration. Seven years ago, we created the Extended Cabinet Leadership, or XCL, to break down those silos between cabinet agencies, provide

To attract and retain a skilled workforce in North Dakota, we need infrastructure to support workers – and child care is a critical component. Our administration brought together child care stakeholders, agency leaders and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to make historic

Agriculture is the bedrock of our state’s economy, and these past eight years we’ve worked hard to expand value-added ag and cultivate new opportunities to support North Dakota’s farmers and ranchers. Our administration supported the development of the Green Bison Soy Processing

Energy is critical to economic prosperity and national security, and under our administration North Dakota has continued to play an outsized role in America’s energy sector. We’ve continued to push an all-of-the-above energy approach led by our status as the nation’s No. 3 oil

From creating healthy, vibrant communities through the Main Street Initiative to releasing the new HHS Business Plan with 74 goals and projects to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation, the health of our citizens has been one of our administration’s top priorities.

From our first day in office, we’ve made tribal engagement a top priority and ultimately one of our five strategic initiatives, recognizing that the five sovereign nations and their enrolled members with whom we share geography are also all North Dakota citizens who share the

Join us for the 43rd annual North Dakota State Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Dec. 5, in Memorial Hall at the Capitol. This year’s theme is "Branches of Hope." . The event will also be livestreamed on the governor's Facebook page.

In North Dakota, we’ve made significant strides in reinventing government to better serve you, the citizen. Through innovation, not regulation, Team ND strives to provide an efficient and unified experience for our citizens. From our first day in office, we set out to ensure

Today, in my final executive budget address in front of the 69th Legislative Assembly, we proposed a slight decrease in budget just under $19.6B. This strategy-driven budget is highlighted by a $95M package to improve housing affordability, accessibility and stability, and an

This morning at 10:00 a.m. we will present our 2025-27 Executive Budget to the 69th Legislative Assembly. The address will be available live from the House chamber at

North Dakota has a rich heritage of hunting, and as a hunter and gun owner myself, I’ve strongly supported gun rights for law-abiding citizens. During the past eight years, our administration has taken significant steps to protect the right to bear arms. One of the first bills

North Dakotans ages 0-18 make up about a quarter of our population, but they represent 100% of our future. Over the past eight years, we’ve demonstrated our strong commitment to student success through a collaborative effort to drive innovation in K-12 education and substantial

Grateful and honored for the opportunity to administer the oath of office to our newly elected senators today in the Senate chamber as they being their organizational session at the Capitol.