According to this KX News article, the real estate industry in North Dakota is doing reasonably well.  While there were slightly fewer homes sold in the Bismarck area this year and although they sold for slightly less than they would have the prior year, agents and builders cited in the article indicated that North Dakota [...]

I really loved this article and wanted to share it again.  (Pay attention to the real estate prices and the school scores this guy talks about.)

An AP article by Dale Wetzel brings to light some of the issues surrounding North Dakota’s ban of the sale of hunting rights separate from the land itself. 
According to the article, Some legislators believe that hunting rights should never be sold without the property because it makes it difficult to determine who has rights to the land [...]