BISMARCK, N.D. – A bill supporting funding for rural grocery stores in North Dakota passes the State Senate.
Republican State Senator Janne Myrdal of Edinburg who was one of the sponsors says it could bring in $1 million in grants.
“You can’t have people in their seventies and eighties driving up to 50 miles for groceries,” Myrdal said.
The bill would help prevent food deserts and funding could start in July and go for two years.
The legislation moves onto the House.
