FUNDING
House DFLers set high education funding goals
By Don Davis Goals of 100 percent high school graduation, every third-grader being able to read, ending an achievement gap and all students being ready for careers or college after graduation are lof...
Posted on 4/9/13 at 6:53 PM
Financier to Invest a Billion in Jobless…Respectfully
WRITTEN BYKATHLEEN HUGHES CREATED ONTUESDAY, 02 OCTOBER 2012 14:31 September 26, 2012;Source:Washington Post Washington, D.C. financier and Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conway has reported...
Posted on 10/22/12 at 9:31 AM
Sequestration: What It Means for CTE...
Within the Grand Forks Public Schools, funding for the Career & Technical Education (CTE) department (which includes the K-12 Career Education program) comes from three sources: 1) local, 2) state...
Posted on 7/24/12 at 2:06 PM
Ask Strangers for Start-up Money
The Internet looks to transform the way people come together for a common cause: in this case it's reaching out to any Tom, Dick, and Harry for start-up revenue. This will widen the ability to raise...
Posted on 3/21/12 at 1:53 PM
Chemistry Faculty Receive Research Grants
Dr. Gregory Cook, Chair and Professor of organic chemistry has received a $420,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. This three-year grant will support research in organic chemistry. Cook ...
Posted on 9/18/10 at 8:18 AM
Budget funding elderly, disabled heads to governor
By Danielle Killey , May 18, 2013
Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams
Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York.By Josh Lederman , May 13, 2013
State aid rises, but Grand Forks schools still feel poor 
By Brandi Jewett , May 11, 2013
Legislative notebook: Senate OKs nickel gasoline tax increase
Minnesota senators voted Friday to raise the state gasoline tax 5 cents in the next few years.By Don Davis and Danielle Killey , May 11, 2013
UND employee error jeopardized grant shared with NDSU research park 
North Dakota State University officials considered filing a formal complaint last fall against the University of North Dakota – or asking Gov. Jack Dalrymple to quietly intervene – when a UND employee’s mistake jeopardized a federal grant shared by entrepreneurial offshoots of the two universities.
By Ryan Johnson , May 06, 2013
Higher education budget comes with message: Keep tuition down 
Legislators on Friday approved an 11.9 percent increase in state funding for higher education, but sent with it a strong message that campuses keep tuition affordable.
By Amy Dalrymple , May 03, 2013
Legislators near late-night compromise for property tax relief, K-12 funding 
By Amy Dalrymple , May 03, 2013
House adopts $1.1 billion for Oil Patch; bill moves to Senate 
Rep. Bob Skarphol said late Wednesday a bill to provide $1.1 billion to western North Dakota communities will deliver ample funding to address infrastructure and other needs, but will not provide the long-term help the bill was intended to do.
By TJ Jerke , May 02, 2013
UND school’s growth spurt fueled by oil 
By Jennifer Johnson , April 26, 2013
Minn. Senate funds Capitol project; bonding in jeopardy 
Prospects for a bonding bill dimmed Wednesday, when Democrats in the Minnesota Senate added a cash allocation to their tax bill for one of the session's key bonding project proposals -- the renovation of the State Capitol Building.
By Tim Pugmire , April 24, 2013
NDUS projects 
Senate Bill 2003 includes $176 million for these North Dakota University System projects.
By Forum News Service , April 18, 2013
Lawmakers worried funding for university projects inadequate 
Grand Forks lawmakers are concerned the current budget for the North Dakota University System won’t provide enough funding to address renovations to the state’s only law school and medical school on the University of North Dakota campus.
By TJ Jerke , April 18, 2013
Senate compromises on diversion funding 
The Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project may not have to wait for complete federal funding to get started.
Senate lawmakers Wednesday reversed a decision that said state funding can be used only for levee and dike protection until the full federal share of the cost is appropriated by Congress.
By TJ Jerke , April 17, 2013
Dick Kunkel, Devils Lake, N.D. letter: Support Dalrymple’s higher-ed funding reform 
Dick Kunkel of Devils Lake writes in about funding for higher education.
By Dick Kunkel , April 15, 2013
Adam Kemp, Williston, N.D. letter: Lawmakers’ indifference costs lives in oil patch 
Adam Kemp of Williston writes in about oil and funding
By Adam Kemp , April 14, 2013
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