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Archive Home > 2002 > September > 03 > Lawmakers inch toward income tax rise

Lawmakers inch toward income tax rise

New plan will help shrink projected 2003-05 deficit

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
September 3, 2002

SALEM - Oregon lawmakers may follow the route of their predecessors after all - by raising income taxes to partially fill a budget gap.

A plan floated by House Speaker Mark Simmons, R-Elgin, to close about half of the state's widening budget deficit with borrowed money is rapidly losing support....

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