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House and Senate Appropriations committees will soon be passing out spending bills.And they’ll be reduced from what Gov. Dalrymple proposed. That’s…

Some Republican lawmakers think the preliminary budget forecast for the 2015-2017 biennium is too optimistic."If you compared the new forecast with the…

The state of North Dakota is on track to have at least $542 million in the bank at the end of the current two year budget cycle.That’s the amount that…

North Dakota is still reporting strong tax and fee collections.State budget director Pam Sharp told the Legislature’s interim Government Finance Committee…

Gov. Dalrymple says he could never have imagined it.Dalrymple served as chairman of the North Dakota House Appropriations Committee – when the state was…

Some state lawmakers – and state budget officials – say there’s a misunderstanding about the state’s $1.6 billion dollar ending fund balance.That’s the…

Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R-ND) gives his biennial budget address to the Legislature's organizational session Wednesday in Bismarck.Hear the complete speech…

The state of North Dakota is forecasted to have a $1.6 billion dollar surplus at the end of the biennium, which is June 30th, 2013.Now the question: what…