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Illinois Budget: Gov Pat Quinn is Planning to Cut Illinois Budget by 14%
16 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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21 hours ago ago from Car Wars
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5 hours ago ago from fundyourlibrary.com
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21 hours ago ago from Madville Times
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23 hours ago ago from Michigan Messenger
The fallout from massive cuts in local revenue sharing in the new state budget continues, as the city of Lansing has been forced to make deep cuts in the police and fire departments to make up for a $3 million shortfall. The Lansing State Journal reports that the firefighters union has agreed to nearly half a million dollars in concessions: Union leaders for Lansing firefighters announced today that they have a ratified, concessionary ...
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