Armstrong’s executive budget highlighted by property tax relief, infrastructure and housing investments

15 Jan 2025


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Gov. Kelly Armstrong today presented his executive budget recommendations for the 2025-27 biennium, highlighting significant investments in property tax relief, housing and infrastructure, education opportunities for students, and other priorities.

In testimony to the Joint House-Senate Appropriations Committee, Armstrong outlined a general fund budget of $6.6 billion and a total budget of $19.89 billion. Within that total is $483.4 million for property tax relief and reform; $464 million in bonding for construction projects; $44.3 million for Education Saving Accounts; $50 million for higher education Challenge Grants; and $16.1 million to staff and operate the Grand Forks County Correctional Center’s new expansion as an immediate, temporary solution to prison overcrowding.

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