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Agencies call on state to pay bills
11 hours ago ago from McHenry County Turning Point
The Northwest Herald has another article today about the State's continuing budget crisis. Although it hasn't been in the news much since the that approved a stop-gap budget this summer, the crisis is far from over as this article explains. Although the subject of this article is specifically Senior Citizen services. all social service agencies in the state have been effected. CHICAGO – Social service organizations that serve the elderly ...
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4 hours ago ago from The Sheet
This week's program, the State Budget Crisis, Pt. 2, features an interview with Howard Hendrick, Director of the Department of Human Services, and Justin Jones, Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Both directors told me their agencies are being pushed to the breaking point by the reduction in state revenues. In part, because each agency is growing. DOC keeps adding inmates, while the money for staffing and training is ...
Related contentOld adage in state government to ask for big money proves true
6 hours ago ago from Cowboy State Free Press
by Phil Noble, Cowboy State Free Press Bureau Chief CHEYENNE There's a long-standing adage in state government that if you ask for millions of dollars in your budget, the Joint Appropriations Committee rubber stamps it quickly and without much debate. But, if you ask for a few thousand, they can discuss it forever. That was indeed the case when the State Treasurer's office presented it's budget to the JAC and asked for ...
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7 hours ago ago from The Cambridge 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Cambridge, MD
CAMBRIDGE , Md.- A little known government program allows the poor to get a free cell phone and service. Maryland has become one of many states to take advantage of the program, known as Lifelines. Link: Phone Program Provides Service for the Poor (WBOC Salisbury)
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11 hours ago ago from Facing South
When the economy takes a nosedive, the last thing state leaders want to cut is schools and teachers. In fact, avoiding such cuts was one of Congress' top priorities when it passed the stimulus bill this spring: The package included about $100 billion earmarked for education, a 235% increase in federal education spending from 2008. But a new report on how states are using stimulus dollars finds that many schools, especially in the South, ...
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Farm Bureau says irrigation is important to Neb.
11 hours ago ago from PopEater
LINCOLN, Neb. -The Nebraska Farm Bureau says the entire state benefits from the irrigation farmers use to raise bountiful crops, so everyone in the state should pay part of the cost of water-management programs. Farmers and ranchers attending the Farm Bureau's convention in Kearney voted to encourage the state to seek funding from a variety of sources as it deals with its water problems. Nebraska has used more water than allowed in recent ...
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