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Kelly Armstrong: “North Dakota has been blessed for 20 years, but government…”

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North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong talks legislative session | Prairie Pulse

Published May 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:30

We were underfunded traditionally, trying to do some different things. But I would rather take the money towards programs that work. And the other answer is North Dakota has been blessed for 20 years, but government has grown a lot over the last 20 years. and it's needed to. We can't sustain that growth. So it's time to take back, get back to our core functions and go forward. Human service budget's gonna be fine. (08:30–08:37)

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Asserts that North Dakota's government has grown significantly over the last 20 years.

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“One out of three [houses] will pay no property tax in the next biennium.”
North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong talks legislative session | Prairie Pulse | Uploaded May 9, 2025 | 03:15-03:19
“North Dakota legislature is committee chairs and leadership have the least amount of power of any legislative body anywhere in the country.”
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“Every bill gets a committee vote and every bill gets at least one floor vote [in North Dakota].”
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“We're constitutionally mandated that you can only do 80 days every two years.”
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“North Dakota [legislative session] is unique. 80 days every two years.”
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“We're really proud of the property tax bill that passed.”
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“We're proud of the bell to bell cell phone ban through K through 12.”
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“We dealt with capacity to move natural gas out of the Bakken.”
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“We created a new cabinet position for a cabinet member of recovery and reentry.”
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“We took some steps to solve the jail overcrowding crisis.”
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“We laid out a plan for 1550 property tax relief to primary residents.”
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“We got $1,600 in primary residential relief.”
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“We're going to use legacy fund earnings to do it [property tax relief].”
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“3% cap on local municipalities property tax budgets.”
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“This [library oversight bill] gave more process power to somebody complaining about a book than we have anywhere else in this entry code.”
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“We are doing more things with legacy fund earnings to deal with road infrastructure.”
North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong talks legislative session | Prairie Pulse | Uploaded May 9, 2025 | 04:12-04:17
“This bill [library oversight] created a three tiered system for anybody... to complain about any book.”
North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong talks legislative session | Prairie Pulse | Uploaded May 9, 2025 | 05:38-05:38
“This bill [private school voucher] was only for private schools, would have only affected essentially largest seven communities in North…”
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“School choice needs to be able to be for all schools in all districts in North Dakota.”
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“The human service budget has a little less than I think, both the governor's proposal.”
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“We are not touching the principal [of the legacy fund].”
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“Every one of these agencies budgets has grown exponentially [in the last 15 years].”
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“Higher ed did fine.”
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“Demographically, no matter how great our institutions are, 20 years from now, they're going to have less students.”
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“We recommended 300 million [for the state hospital] in our budget.”
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“Theodore Roosevelt Library is set to open on July 4, 2026.”
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“It'll go into effect next school year.”
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“Our K through 12 kids have more anxiety, more mental health issues.”
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“We decided to do it. And we brought it up late. We brought both bill sponsors in, we got huge buy in from both chambers.”
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“We used the veto pen four times and thought those, I mean, obviously none of those were overridden.”
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“North Dakota is a commodity based economy. We sell oil, natural gas and ag products.”
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“We have to have takeaway out of the Bakken.”
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“The industrial commission budget has $100 million of line of credit, which is in order for us to buy capacity.”
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“Agrisso is going to come into Grand Forks, which is a potato processing plant.”
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“I think the problem with annual sessions is there's no way to do it without capping bills or not allowing every bill a floor vote.”
North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong talks legislative session | Prairie Pulse | Uploaded May 9, 2025 | 23:32-23:40
“I can do efficiencies in all my agencies without the legislature.”
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