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Archive Home > 2002 > February > 09 > Legislators duel over deficit in session

Legislators duel over deficit in session

Kitzhaber wants budget to include cigarette tax

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
February 9, 2002

SALEM " As protesters chanted in the morning rain and waved placards on the front steps of the Capitol on Friday, the Oregon Legislature began the touchy chore of deciding how to rebalance the state budget to account for a $715 million shortfall.

Yet despite hopes the special session "....

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