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State budget 'earmarks' unveiled

The Arizona Daily Star

PHOENIX — Congress may be trying to get rid of "earmarks" in the federal budget.

But the practice is alive and well at the state Capitol as legislators carved out nearly $29 million of next year's $10.6 billion spending bill approved by the Senate Monday night for their own spending priorities — many for their home districts.

The budget had no real changes from the plan hammered out last week. That includes $11 million in tax cuts, mostly for business.

Posted by Editor at June 19, 2007 07:12 AM

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