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Senate appropriations panel reviews museum and historic‑site funding, delays final decisions
Summary
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division reviewed one‑time and ongoing requests for historic sites and museum projects, including a Pembina State Museum exhibit upgrade, Medora area planning, and cultural grants; the committee did not finalize funding and approved only Sections IV and V for now.
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division met to review historic‑site and museum budget requests, focusing discussion on one‑time funding for exhibit upgrades, community grants and planning work in Medora. Chairman Sorvaugh opened the session and said the panel would “walk through quite a few things” and later closed the committee’s work on the historic portion for the day without finalizing most line items.
Committee members questioned department presenters about a range of one‑time requests. A staff presenter identified as Bill, a staff member, described a $638,000 request to “upgrade the exhibit portions of the Museum in Pembina, which is a state facility, and a state building,” saying the proposal would “completely reinstall the exhibit space” and procure fossils because the exhibit “hasn’t been upgraded in 30 years.”
The committee also discussed a…
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