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Minnesota's looming budget deficit is even
larger than expected, with a projected shortfall expected to hit
$4.56 billion over the next 2-and-a-half years, state finance officials
announced Wednesday.
      Forecasters had warned for months that the projected deficit
might top $3 billion, but the new number staggered lawmakers.

State budget deficit

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