TIF tax repeal, state spending…

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The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a hearing for 8 a.m. this Saturday. Two of the Foundation’s top legislative priorities will be on the agenda: HB 735, which would repeal the TIF phone tax; and HB 3430, which would create an online searchable database of state agency expenditures.

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