The Commerce Department wanted a state icon to complement North Dakota’s “Be Legendary” motto. It hired The Good Kids, a design studio in Bismarck, for about $23,000 to create the icon.

Over the past decade, North Dakota's GDP has grown at an annual rate of 4.04%, which compares with 0.54% nationally. Only Oregon can compare, with 3.36% growth.

BISMARCK — A proposal backed by Gov. Doug Burgum would give income tax breaks to people living outside of North Dakota at an estimated cost to the state of nearly $40 million a year.