Ban on state funding for Prairie Public Broadcasting voted down in North Dakota Senate

Ban on state funding for Prairie Public Broadcasting voted down in North Dakota Senate

BISMARCK — Supporters of Prairie Public can breathe a sigh of relief after a bill looking to defund the organization was voted down in the Senate on Monday. House Bill 1255 would have banned any state money from directly or indirectly supporting public broadcasting. The bill has been intensely debated in committee hearings and on the floor of both chambers. It received recommendations not to pass from the House Political Subdivisions Committee a…

North Dakota Senate vote allows funding for public broadcasting, but no guarantee

The North Dakota Senate defeated a bill that would ban state or federal funding for public broadcasting, but some senators who voted against the bill still called for defunding Prairie Public Broadcasting.