The measure to end local property taxes based on assessed value would have forced the state to provide an estimated $3.15 billion in replacement revenue to local governments during each two-year budget, according to a legislative panel. The state now forecasts about $5 billion in general tax revenues in the current two-year budget.

This measure would allow for the production, sale, possession and use of cannabis by those 21 and over.

With nearly all votes counted, an adult-use marijuana measure will fail in North Dakota while a South Dakota initiative to legalize adult-use growing was trailing.