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Timber billion: How can, or will, state pay?

Written November 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

In the timber lawsuit brought against the state by Linn County and many other rural taxing units, an Albany jury last week awarded the plaintiffs $1.1 billion. If the verdict stands up on appeal, how would the state pay?


 
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