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wsj<>States Expect Tax Collections to Rise YA THINK?

BY CONOR DOUGHERTY

State governments expect tax collections to grow for the first time in two years as tax increases and a recovering economy lead to higher collections.

But states are still likely to face at least two more years of financial troubles and about half will see gaps in this year's budgets if Congress doesn't extend special Medicaid payments that were part of the 2009 stimulus act, according to a report expected .


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