BISMARCK — Branches of the North Dakota government are seemingly at odds about how to deal with a $35 million veto mistake made by Gov. Kelly Armstrong and his administration.

The mishap involved a line-item veto aimed at cutting a homeless liaison in tribal communities, a single $150,000 line of a larger budget bill.

Instead of striking through the line, however, the administration mistakenly removed the entire section, which included $25 million for affordable housing initiatives and $10 million in homeless services.

Of the state's $20.3 billion budget, the allocation was the only funding to specifically target housing needs.

Soon after the mistake was discovered, Armstrong promised the Housing Finance Agency the funds would be reinstated one way or another.

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