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Archive Home > 2002 > July > 03 > Voters to decide if budget sticks

Voters to decide if budget sticks

Cigarette tax, rainy day fund will be on state's September ballot

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 3, 2002

SALEM - The fractured Oregon Legislature took more than two weeks to patch together a plan to cope with a budget shortfall of roughly $860 million.

The third special session of 2002 ended Sunday after lawmakers endorsed a stopgap package that includes budget cuts, new taxes, new debt and....

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