BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Legislature has completed work on "emergency" bills spurred by the bitter dispute between Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters and law enforcement.
And when the Legislature resumes Wednesday after its midsession break, lawmakers will be faced with hundreds of more bills in what's known as "crossover." That's when senators will begin working on House bills, and vice versa.
Lawmakers remain nervous about declining prices for oil and farm commodities, and will idle final work on many major spending bills until new oil tax revenue projections are released later this month.
Lawmakers won't know how much money they think they will have to spend until budget analysts present the Legislature with a fresh North Dakota tax collection forecast on March 9.