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22 hours ago ago from Political Vindication
What effect will the financial collapse of California have on the nation's economy? California State Controller John Chiang warned that the state’s finances are nearing a meltdown if a balanced budget is not approved in a timely fashion. Chiang said the state’s cash balance is dangerously close to insolvent. The state is operating on the proceeds of revenue anticipation notes and internal borrowing. That is expected to get the state ...
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15 hours ago ago from In This Together CT
At a press conference on the steps of the State Capitol today, members of the unions in the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) joined business, labor, education and advocacy groups to decry Governor M. Jodi Rell's latest round of proposed cuts. The conference was organized by District 1199/SEIU, a member of the coalition. In addition to the wide array of cuts the Governor has already enacted, she has proposed even deeper ...
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7 hours ago ago from Kansas Watchdog
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14 hours ago ago from A Loyal Opposition
dis·in·gen·u·ous // (d s n-j n y - s) adj. 1. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who exemplified the most disagreeable traits of his time (David Cannadine). 2. Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf. A Loyal Opposition has been telling you for weeks that Governor Mitch Daniels intends to cut public education. For months he ...
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16 hours ago ago from World War 3 News
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16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Governors of Ala., Ga., Fla. predict water pact MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The governors of Georgia, Alabama and Florida predict that they will have a solution to their three-state water sharing dispute before they leave office in one year. Emerging from a private meeting Tuesday that lasted nearly two hours, they provided no details on what a solution might look like. But they all expressed optimism that after nearly two decades, a solution ...
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