ME's Governor Proposes Selling Lottery Revenues

By Fred Bever on Tuesday, January 11, 2005.
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New Hampshire's Governor Lynch is not the only New England governor facing deficits.
Next door in Maine, Governor John Baldacci must address a 730 million dollar budget gap.
But Baldacci has offered Mainers a new option.
He's proposed selling off future state lottery profits in return for a big up-front payment.
Maine Public Radio's Fred Bever reports.

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