Aid to the oil patch

Prairie Public | By Dave Thompson

Published May 3, 2013 at 6:54 AM CDT

Supporters call it “landmark legislation.”

As Prairie Public's Dave Thompson reports, a bill to send more than $1.1 billion dollars to North Dakota's oil patch is on its way to Governor Dalrymple.

Dalrymple.

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