Faced With Fiscal Adversity Governors Try To Embrace

Mark Sanford, a Republican and a staunch fiscal conservative, proposed the lowering of taxes on income, increasing the state cigarette tax to 35 cents a pack, from 7 cents, the lowest in the nation. Kulongoski, a Democrat, is proposing $ 2 billion of new taxes and fees payable for the child health care, transportation and investment in renewable energy. In Oregon, Gov.. In Alaska, Gov.. Sarah Palin, a Republican, has proposed that half of the states of energy from renewable sources by 2025. Theodore R. In South Carolina, Gov..