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15 hours ago ago from Capitol Watch
From hospital administrators and mayors to community action agencies and nursing home operators, citizens are speaking out strongly against Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposed budget cuts that would close the state's ongoing fiscal gap. More than 250 people have signed up to speak Wednesday at a public hearing against the cuts that includes $84 million in state-aid reductions for cities and towns. The Connecticut Conference of ...
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21 hours ago ago from THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER
(Chicago, IL) December 8, 2009 . If Illinois residents who depend on state services were suffering insufficiently up until now due to earlier Illinois budget cuts, more suffering is on deck. Governor Pat Quinn 's budget director, David Vaught , is directing state agencies to cut 14 percent from their budget. Gulp. The state has an estimated $11.6 billion budget deficit and no dough in the bank.
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7 hours ago ago from The PhilSouth Angle
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14 hours ago ago from United Way of King County Blog
Governor Christine Gregoire is scheduled to release her budget December 9 at 9:00 a.m. You can view the press conference at http://www.tvw.org/index.cfm?bhcp=1 . With the state facing a projected $2.6 billion shortfall in the coming fiscal year (beginning July 1, 2010), it will be a cuts only budget requiring elimination of entire programs and services unless new revenue sources are identified. Details of the Governor’s budget will be ...
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19 hours ago ago from FanHouse
CARSON CITY, Nev. -Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday he will ask the state's top economic advisers for new revenue projections as he considers another round of budget cuts and a possible special legislative session to deal with Nevada's fiscal woes. Gibbons, speaking at a news conference in Carson City, said agency heads have been given until the middle of this month to submit plans on how they would reduce spending by up to 3 percent. "I may ...
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1 hour, 55 minutes ago ago from FanHouse
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