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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Legislature delays special session until '09, Tampa Tribune

By Gary Pinnell
December 5, 2008

The bad economic news just keeps getting worse.

Last year, Florida legislators learned the state would lose about $1 billion in revenue. Before they could act on that news, it turned out the state had actually lost $2 billion.

This month, they're learning that the 2008-09 budget year is another $2.1 billion in the hole.

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