Washington Post: If any state emerged from a decade of economic recession in strong shape, it was North Dakota. A booming oil industry that`s taken shape on the western side of the state, fueled by the process known as hydraulic fracturing, has kept North Dakota`s unemployment rate at a level less than half the national average while injecting millions in tax revenue into state coffers.
Now, other states want in on the economic benefits of fracking -- and blue states are rushing to grab a piece of the fracking...