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A recently released update on Census-driven federal funding distribution to the states shows North Dakota receives the second-lowest amount of funding at $3.8 billion.

Gov. Doug Burgum today attended a business session at the White House with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Cabinet secretaries following the conclusion of the National Governors Association’s annual Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The state of North Dakota will conduct public hearings throughout the month of February 2020 to receive input on housing and non-housing community development needs, for the development of the state’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and the 2020 Action Plan.

The North Dakota Department of Commerce and North Dakota Housing Finance Agency will host three Consolidated Plan focus groups – Public Services, Homelessness and Affordable Housing – and a Fair Housing Forum on Feb. 24. The focus groups will take place in classroom A at the Heritage Center, 612 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck.

The North Dakota Department of Human Services is hosting its second informational presentation on primary care management reform for North Dakota Medicaid on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from noon to 1 p.m. Central Time.

Dickinson Mayor Scott Decker provided the State of the City on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in which he stopped just shy of declaring participation in the 2020 census as the most important event for Dickinson in the coming months.

A one day workshop was held in Bismarck to talk about the 2020 Census.

A one day workshop is being held in Bismarck to talk about the 2020 Census.

It’s sponsored by the North Dakota Census 2020 Task Force – and is dubbed “We’re Counting on You.”

Early preparation and education were the messages relayed to dozens of community leaders who were in Bismarck Monday to prepare for the upcoming Census.