Oil Boom Tests North Dakota Legislative Tradition

North Dakota is one of four U.S. states with a legislature that meets only once every two years. But as VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, the energy boom in Western North Dakota -- and everything that comes with it -- is challenging the state government’s ability to respond rapidly to the changing environmental and economic landscape.

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