FILE - In this March 27, 2020 file photo, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota spent a record amount of cash on merit bonuses for some state workers, despite a grim financial outlook caused by the coronavirus pandemic, records show.Most of the money was paid at the end of the fiscal year that ended June 30, and just weeks after Gov. Doug Burgum said the state was in a financial crisis. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)_
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