The issue of Economic Reality has once again shown up in a new report issued on Primary Election Day.
The Fargo Forum is this morning reporting a breaking story about the state's economy - and it is not good news, nor is it surprising.
Both agriculture and petroleum, the two main drivers of North Dakota's wealth, saw significant declines last year.
Mining, dominated by oil and gas extraction, plunged 34.2 percent from 2014 to 2015. During the same period, agriculture declined 11.6 percent.
Bright spots in the economy included health care, which grew 6.7 percent, educational services, which rose 6.6 percent, and utilities, up 6.5 percent, according to BEA figures.