What are the strongest arguments they make for keeping that incentive permanent and in place?

Well, the oil and gas industry will argue that these stripper wells are important for local economies.

Like I mentioned a moment ago, they provide local jobs.

They help with local tax revenues.

Local companies often operate them.

And there is the argument that without this tax incentive, a lot of these wells would be taken offline either temporarily or permanently and plugged.

And once those wells are plugged, there's no way to unplug them.

What else is being said by either state government officials or state lawmakers who want to maybe discuss this issue in the 2027 legislative session? What options are they considering and what should listeners watch for as the debate develops?

Is it the aim to allow this to be available to individual customers or businesses and should North Dakotans expect any immediate changes to their banking?

North Dakota banking customers should not expect any changes at this time.

Right now it is only a pilot program and that pilot program is very limited in scope.

There are only four financial institutions participating and even customers of those four financial institutions should not be seeing any change in the near to medium term.

You mentioned the possibility of merchant adoption used by the public.

That is not on the table right now.

There are other stable coins in the country that are accessible by the public or that institutions have said will be accessible by the public.

What do they mean by making that comparison? And is it still too early to know how significant all of this Rough Rider Coin implementation and testing will become?