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  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As lawmakers prepare to unveil a supplemental budget proposal, they have learned that they have a little less money to work with in the current budget cycle. Officials have lowered the state's revenue projections for both the current two-year budget that ends in the middle of 2017 and the next budget cycle, citing weak economic growth, both globally and nationally. The... R