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New budget bill trims K-12 ed by less than 1 percent
15 hours ago ago from The Albuquerque 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Albuquerque, NM
A budget bill that would cut K-12 education by less than 1 percent, while trimming the budgets of most state agencies nearly 8 percent, cleared the House late Thursday. Sponsored by Rep. Luciano “Lucky” Varela, D-Santa Fe, HB 17 passed the House on a 37 to 31 vote. It now heads to the Senate. In protecting K-12 education and touching lightly on higher ed, the legislation makes shallow cuts to the programs that make up a majority of ...
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12 hours ago ago from Utah News
By Robert Gehrke House Republicans met for more than five hours Monday in their annual pre-session caucus, hearing a budget pitch from Gov. See all stories on this topic http://bit.ly/5mL5e7
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By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Last updated: 6:45 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2009 ALBANY The first of a series of public hearings are scheduled in an effort to hold a people's constitutional convention to rewrite how New York state government operates. Assembly Republican leader Brian Kolb plans two meetings Wednesday. The first is in Queensbury in Warren County from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The second is in Plattsburgh beginning ...
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5 hours ago ago from Fox Enterprises Limited Weblog
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20 hours ago ago from The Grand Junction 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Grand Junction, CO
Colorado Republicans are vowing to fight plans by Gov. Bill Ritter to eliminate tax breaks and release parolees to balance the state budget. See the article here: Colo. Republicans target Governor's budget plan
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SC Budget Board Cuts State Budget More Than Expected
6 hours ago ago from Media General - WSPA.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This SC Budget Board Cuts State Budget More Than Expected Associated Press Published: December 15, 2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina budget oversight board is cutting twice as much as expected from state spending plans as revenues fall short ...
Related contentState cuts budget by $245 million
7 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
thestate.com archives Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 State cuts budget by $238 million Text Size: tool name close tool goes here A state budget panel has voted to cut the state budget by 5 percent across the board, or a total of roughly $238 million. The cut was larger than legislative ...
Related contentState cuts budget by $238 million
7 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
SC budget board cutting state budget 5 percent COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's high unemployment and slow tax collections are likely to put more people out of work or cut paychecks as the state's budget oversight board decided Tuesday to cut 5 percent from state budgets to keep the state's $5 billion spending plan balanced. The $238.2 million reduction ordered by the Budget and Control Board means across-the-board spending cuts, but ...
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7 hours ago ago from U.S. News
RI gov cuts millions in local aid to close deficit PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gov. Don Carcieri proposed closing Rhode Island's ballooning budget deficit Monday by cutting roughly $125 million in state funding for cities, towns and schools, putting local leaders under tremendous pressure to cut costs or raise property taxes. The plan from the Republican governor is meant to close a $220 million budget deficit for the fiscal year ending in ...
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