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Archive Home > 2003 > January > 29 > Voters kill tax-hike measure

Voters kill tax-hike measure

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
January 29, 2003

SALEM - Oregon voters opted Tuesday to shrink government programs rather than dig deeper to pay more taxes to preserve them.

Measure 28 - the three-year income tax boost referred to the ballot by lawmakers - was failing by a 55-to-45-point margin. Those are unofficial returns with 86 percent of....

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