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Legislators go back to work in Bismarck

14 bills pass in special session

On Monday, Oct. 23, North Dakota’s state legislators were back in Bismarck for a special legislative session forced by an unexpected N.D. Supreme Court ruling.

During their regular session that ended in April of this year, state legislators passed a major spending bill that encompassed a wide range of subjects.

Too wide, apparently.

That’s according to the North Dakota Supreme Court, who ruled in...