North Dakota lawmakers build wish list for $500M federal rural health care grant

North Dakota lawmakers build wish list for $500M federal rural health care grant

BISMARCK — A committee of North Dakota lawmakers this week began sifting through an ocean of recommendations for how to spend a $500 million federal rural health care grant as the state races to meet a Nov. 5 application deadline. The state will have a number of complex decisions to make — including how to weigh the public’s priorities against the kinds of initiatives encouraged by the federal government, a top human services official told legis…