Higher state taxes under consideration to offset growing deficit.
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Higher state taxes under consideration
Gov. David Ige’s administration is considering unspecified tax increases and “revenue enhancements” to help plug a projected $1.4 billion shortfall, members of the state Senate’s Committee on Ways and Means were told Monday.
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