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Senate committee backs $20 million research-park proposal to seed robotics industry
Summary
A legislative committee voted 5-0 to recommend Senate Bill 2256 to appropriations, a one-time $20 million request to establish a research park modeled after an ERC program and aimed at growing robotics-related industry and retaining technical talent in the state.
A Senate committee voted unanimously to recommend Senate Bill 2256, a one-time $20,000,000 appropriation to support a research technology park focused on robotics and related industries, sending the bill to the appropriations committee for further review.
Committee members said the proposal is modeled after an existing Energy Research Center (ERC) housed out of the University of North Dakota and intended to attract private partnerships and build a local industry around robotics and automation. Supporters said the…
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