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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 03 > Tax breaks cost state more than predicted

Tax breaks cost state more than predicted

By Harry Esteve / The Bulletin
November 3, 2009

PORTLAND — State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told, an investigation by The Oregonian....

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