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State Fair officials ask for $642,833 in exhibitor premiums and infrastructure funds to improve camping and security
Summary
State Fair officials asked the Senate Appropriations Education and Environment Division to continue premium payments to exhibitors and to consider capital funding for campground restroom/laundry facilities and security upgrades.
Senate Bill 2009 and the State Fair premium appropriation were the focus of testimony by State Fair officials and 4‑H and FFA youth before the Senate Appropriations Education and Environment Division.
Craig Rudland, manager of the North Dakota State Fair, asked the committee to continue premium funding to pay exhibitors and said the commission’s 2024 fair drew 342,430 attendees from across the United States and Canada. “The 2024 North Dakota State Fair was again, the largest annual event, in the state of North Dakota,” Rudland told the committee.
Why it matters: Premium dollars fund exhibitor awards that organizers and youth leaders say help young people cover project costs and reinvest in herds, tools and…
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