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Crossing Collins: Dems Override, Walter Mocks, Kennedy Campaigns

16 hours ago ago from WNYMedia.net

You’d think Erie County Legislator Ray Walter was some snot-nosed eighth grader mocking his teacher: On Tuesday morning, as each of the 12 Democrats in the Erie County Legislature called out “yes” to overturn the county executive’s vetoes of their modifications to the 2010 budget, the East Amherst Republican mimed them and made faces, rolling his eyes. To his credit, fellow Republican Ed Rath, who seemed to be Walter’s audience, did not ...

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Onorato Signs 2010 Budget into Law, Guaranteeing Ninth Consecutive Year with No Property Tax Increase

1 hour, 8 minutes ago ago from BLOGSKI

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today signed the County’s 2010 budget into law, guaranteeing a ninth consecutive year with no property tax increase. While other governments are raising taxes and raiding their rainy day funds, we’re controlling costs and being fiscally responsible in Allegheny County, said Onorato. We’re also investing in our bridges, roads and parks to improve our infrastructure and create jobs. And, we’re ...

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Salt Lake County Council Approves Budget in Partisan Vote

18 hours ago ago from KCPW

(KCPW News) The Salt Lake County Council voted to approve the county’s 2010 budget yesterday evening.  But the 5-to-4 split along party lines is irritating to the council’s Democratic majority and the mayor.  KCPW’s Jeff Robinson reports. The $13 million property tax hike included in the budget will mean about a $20 annual increase on a home valued at $260,000. The Salt Lake County Council voted to approve the county’s ...

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Budget Battle 2010

1 hour, 32 minutes ago ago from The Everyday Republican

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has offered a detailed plan to cut the close to $600 million budget deficit for the current two-year state fiscal plan agreed to in September.  Gov. Rell has taken the leadership steps needed to reduce the flow of red ink and to put Connecticut’s fiscal house in order. While the Democratic-Super Majority in the House and Senate conduct hearings on the impact of their Great Recession on children and families, the working ...

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Time for the drama to end in Olympia

13 hours ago ago from Wally Wonders Why

There is just too much drama coming out of our state capital and it needs to end. I’d love to see the drama queen’s show be cancelled mid season, but that would be too much to even hope for. I’ll settle for her contract running out at the end of this season, but that is just about the max time that I can avert my eyes and ears from her ghastly performance as our governor. In what I can only describe as one of her career’s most pitiful ...

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Wash. gov: Tax hikes needed to save programs

23 hours ago ago from FanHouse

OLYMPIA, Wash. -Making her case for tax increases, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday presented a bleak plan to balance the state budget by wiping out spending for health care, welfare, and education programs that reach every corner of Washington. As required by law, Gregoire presented a plan for balancing the state's $2.6 billion budget deficit using only the state's existing tax streams. But in an open letter to Washingtonians, the ...

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States Spending Less to Fight Smoking

16 hours ago ago from The New York Times

State governments are collecting record revenues from tobacco companies but spending less and less of it on antismoking programs, especially in New York, a group of health and advocacy organizations said in a report released Wednesday. In the report, titled A Broken Promise to Our Children , the organizations said state governments had reduced spending by 15 percent, to $567 million, for smoking prevention and cessation programs in the ...

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Study finds upside in Calif. budget cut failures

22 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Study finds upside in Calif. budget cut failures LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California officials' failure to cut as much spending as they planned during this year's budget negotiations will put a drag on the state's economic recovery when deferred job cuts are enacted to plug a still-gaping deficit, according to an economic forecast released Wednesday. But the quarterly Anderson Forecast from the University of California, Los Angeles, also said ...

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NY governor directs cut in state aid payments

19 hours ago ago from Good News Now

ALBANY, N.Y. -Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday that New York has run out of cash and he's directing budget officials to reduce state aid payments to schools, local governments and nonprofit service providers until things improve. Speaking at the Museum of American Finance in Manhattan, Paterson said he'll probably get sued, but he won't let the state run out of money on his watch. "I am directing the Division of the Budget to limit payments ...

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Gov. Kaine: Budgetary spending cuts needed

11 hours ago ago from Media General - TriCities.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Gov. Kaine: Budgetary spending cuts needed Gov. Tim Kaine By David McGee | Staff Writer / Bristol Herald Courier Published: December 10, 2009 Gov. Tim Kaine offered few specifics Wednesday but said additional spending cuts ...

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