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Mandan, Where The Action Is
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How fast is North Dakota's population growing with all the people showing up looking for oil field jobs? So fast that Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is asking for a special census because the next one's not due until the end of the decade and things are growing a lot faster than that. The state -- taxpayers -- will have to pay for it, but they think it'll bring more money into the state and more than make up the difference. But should states be able to jump the gun like this to get more federal money? If the population was to shrink, would they do the same thing so the feds could save money? (Fargo Forum; Thanks to Jim Walsh at KLXX-A/Bismarck-Mandan for the link)
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