Even though a few North Dakota Legislators are headed to Washington, DC for Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration, they’re doing it on their own dime.
The state Legislature will not be sending an official delegation.
"When the question was asked of me last year, when the allotments came out, I said we're not going to spend state money to send people to Washington," said Sen. Ray Holmberg (R-Grand Forks), the chairman of the Legislative Management Committee. "We had to reduce the budget of the Legislative Assembly."
Holmberg said the last time the Legislature sent an official delegation to an inaugural, the price tag was over $23,000.
Gov. Doug Burgum is also flying to Washington, DC on his own dime.