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Projections of state budget deficit grow

Pay attention, gubernatorial candidates, it looks like your job is getting tougher. The state deficit for the 2011-?13 budget is now estimated to be as much as $3.1 billion — $370 million more than previously forecast. Economist Andrew Reschovsky of the University of Wisconsin-Madison arrived at the projection by building on the work of the Legislature?s budget shop.