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Court Ruling Leaves Alabama With $107M Budget Gap
By Ryan Thornburg
Washingtonpost.com Staff
Thursday, March 25, 1999
Alabama will lose more than $100 million out of its annual budget and may have to refund more than $350 million in back-tax collections after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state could not set up a different tax structure for out-of-state businesses.
"We cannot afford to have another president who requires on-the-job training when it comes to foreign policy."
– Dan Quayle, in Lafayette, La. (The Advocate, Baton Rouge, March 25)
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• High Court: Franchise Tax Illegal (Mobile Register, March 24)
Bush to Skip Matching Funds
Texas Gov. George W. Bush is hoping to raise enough money for his Republican presidential bid so that he will not have to accept federal matching funds and the spending caps that go along with them.
• Bush Aims to Avoid Federal Money Caps (Austin American-Statesman, March 25)
More Campaign News ...
• Kasich's California Primary Strategy (San Francisco Chronicle, March 25)
• Russell's Behind Elizabeth (The Wichita Eagle, March 23)
Ryan Thornburg can be reached at ryan.thornburg@washingtonpost.com
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