Published June 23, 2011, 12:00 AM


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Robert Hale, right, of Minot, and Charlene Nelson, left, of Casselton, N.D., respond to questions from a North Dakota legislative committee during a hearing in the North Dakota Capitol's Roughrider Room in Bismarck on Wednesday. Nelson and Hale are sponsors of a ballot initiative that would amend the North Dakota Constitution to abolish property taxes.

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