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Arizona Governor Asks Counties To Drop Fight For Settlement Money

Arizona Governor Hull wants 13 Arizona counties to drop their legal fight for a share of the state's tobacco settlement funds.

The legal challenge is preventing the governor from calling a special session of the Legislature to determine how to spend the $3.1 billion.

Source(s):
USA TODAY, (5/18/99) "Arizona", p. A9