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Sales-Tax Revenue Falls at Fastest Pace in Years
• Wall Street Journal OnlineThe declines have continued through the beginning of this year. In the first two months of 2009, the 41 states that have reported tax revenue saw total receipts decline 12.8%, versus the same period a year ago.