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The Democrat-dominated Legislature is doing everything possible to clear the way for the public to approve the governor’s tax increase initiative in November, including a questionable deal on tuition for higher education. Trailer bills to the main budget bill that passed this week put the tax increase in the No. 2 position on the ballot […]

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