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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James Sinks / The Bulletin
September 9, 2004
SALEM - In the waning hours of the record-length Legislative session of 2003, Sen. Ben Westlund, R-Tumalo, helped cobble together a deal that helped balance the state's budget and send a polarized assembly home.
The centerpiece of that package was a tax hike that would have maintained funding....
