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Ariz. lawmaker: Cuts a must without stimulus cash (AP)

AP – Congress’ rejection of proposed additional stimulus funding for states means Arizona would have to resort to painful budget cuts thought to be have been averted when voters approved a temporary sales tax increase, a key legislator said Thursday.

Kan. mulling new soda tax, raising other levies (AP)

AP – Kansas would impose a new tax on soda — a penny for every teaspoon of sugar — under a proposal that a key legislator outlined Tuesday while lawmakers considered raising taxes to erase a projected budget shortfall.