North Dakota rural health plan approved, ‘now we’ve got to implement it’

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 1,000

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Friday signed a budget and four bills into law to lock in North Dakota’s first two years of funding from a massive federal rural health grant.

“This isn’t the end,” he said at a noon press conference after the Legislature brought its special session to a close. “This is the beginning — now we’ve got to implement it.”

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services will start accepting grant …

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