RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT OFFICE

New Legacy Fund website will launch Nov. 1, aiming to improve investment transparency

Jodi Smith, executive director of the Retirement and Investment Office, gives an update on the planned Legacy Fund website to the Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota plans to launch a new website later this year with details on how the $14…

ND Emergency Commission discusses $1.3 million in staff bonuses, but takes no action

Rep. Don Vigesaa, R-Cooperstown, speaks during a Dec. 2, 2025, meeting of the North Dakota Emergency Commission. At right is House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposal to give roughly $1.3 million in bonus pay for 12 Retirement and Investment Office employees took a step forward Tuesday after officials had…

North Dakota Voter Approved Legacy Fund Reaches $10.5 Billion

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota’s Legacy Fund is now worth more than $10 billion.It was valued at approximately $10.55 billion as of the end of March, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Retirement and Investment Office, which administers the fund. The Legacy Fund was created through a constitutional amendment approved by North Dakota voters in 2010….