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BUDGET FALLOUT: Toll road plan OK'd

CARSON CITY -- A proposal to allow for privatized toll lanes in Las Vegas as a way to help reduce a huge funding shortfall for Nevada highway projects was endorsed Thursday by the Nevada Transportation Board.
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