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Hawaii's budget deficit sets tone at Legislature's opening

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100121/NEWS01/1210342/Hawaii+s+budget+deficit+sets+tone+at+Legislature+s+opening

"On an opening day drained of traditional pageantry, state House and Senate leaders yesterday challenged their colleagues to tune out special interests and regain public confidence by dealing squarely with the state's $1.2 billion budget deficit."