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Nov. 20 on The Story: Every two years, Oregon's state economists make a bet on how much taxpayer revenue will come in over the biennium. If they come up short, taxpayers get money back on their returns via the uniquely Oregonian "kicker" rebate. But after several multi-billion-dollar kickers in a row, the state's new chief economist made it his mission to be more accurate, so he's tinkered with the projection formulas to try and do just that. Whether they're more accurate or not, it's likely that the change will mean fewer kickers after next year, and for less money than we've become accustomed.
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