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Date Added: August 28, 2008 01:36:02 PM
The state budget crawl drags on, but on some things the Legislature can still hustle. Lawmakers are moving fast on a bill that would help gaming tribes, churches and some big nonprofit groups, but smaller bingo charities fear it will dry up their fundraising lifeblood.

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