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Iowa settles on $5.9 billion budget hours before deadline

William Petroski/The Des Moines Register
July 1, 2011

The Iowa Legislature beat a midnight deadline with hours to spare on Thursday, finishing work on a $5.99 billion state budget and resolving a dispute over taxpayer money that could be used to pay for some Medicaid abortions.

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