North Dakota governor puts funds for new bank building in budget.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  December, 2004  

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By Tom Rafferty, The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 12--The nation's only state-owned bank could someday get a new home if the Legislature agrees with Gov. John Hoeven that the old building needs to be replaced.

Hoeven included $11 million for a new Bank of North Dakota building in his 2005-07 budget that he presented to the Legislature on Wednesday.

Eric Hardmeyer, president of the bank, said the building, located at 700 E. Main Ave., is nearly 90 years old.

"It's got all the problems you can imagine with a building of that ...

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