North Dakota Governor Burgum’s Spending Proposal for American Rescue Funds

BISMARCK, ND (trfnews.i234.me) North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has outlined a proposal on how to spend nearly $1-billion the State received from the American Rescue Plan.
in north dakota governor doug burgum has outlined recommendations to legislators for how to spend some 1 billion dollars in federal aid north dakota received this year due to the covet 19 pandemic birgum’s blueprint recommends legislators spend most of it quickly on infrastructure economic development and other projects to avoid inflation and rising construction costs burgum also recommended using a portion of the state’s better than expected ending fund balance of 1.1 billion dollars for income tax relief and to bolster the state’s troubled pension fund the legislature controls spending on state government will eventually decide where the money goes