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N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education will meet today in Williston and may ask lawmakers for million for colleges in the state’s western oil country. Board President Grant Shaft says the money would address housing shortages, faculty turnover, campus security and other issues caused by the region’s oil boom.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A company that runs a Fargo drug testing center wants more than $1 million in executive bonuses as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan. Cetero Research does early testing of new drugs. It has almost 400 employees in Fargo and a facility with more than 500 beds.

BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education will consider a question from economic development officials who want a privately run day care center at Dakota College in Bottineau. Authorities say the 9,000-square-foot facility would be able to care for 42 children.

CAVALIER, N.D. (AP) – Pembina County officials say there’s no candidate yet to run for county prosecutor this fall. County officials are wondering whether a former state’s attorney who quit his job in February will run again. The filing deadline is tomorrow at 4 p.m.