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Legislators receptive but want eye on money

By SARAH D. WIRE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 1:58 a.m.

Several legislators said Tuesday that they generally support using state-backed bonds to help build a steel mill in Osceola but they want more details on how much it is going to cost.

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