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State Legislature Removes $50M in State Funding for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

By Bill Dubensky May 2, 2025 | 11:56 AM

Graphic rendering of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. (Contributed/Snohetta via the North Dakota Monitor)

 

(By: . North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Legislature removed $50 million in state funding for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library endowment, but indicated the proposal may be back next session.

The funding was removed from the Department of Commerce budget in a compromise between the House and the Senate. The House earlier had advanced the proposal to help the library with operational costs, but some objected to the funding being proposed so late in the session.

“There have been no hearings or any kind of consideration in the Senate,” Sen. Michael Dwyer, R-Bismarck, said during floor discussion on Senate Bill 2018.

The library is under construction in Medora near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, with a grand opening planned for July 4, 2026.

Lawmakers in 2019 approved $50 million in state funding for a library endowment.

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