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State, Local Government Revenues Rose Signaling Hope For Recovery

Posted 12.21.2011

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Tax revenues of U.S. state and local governments rose in the third quarter, the U.S. Census said on Tuesday, marking the eighth straight quarter o...

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Police Using Thousands More Civilians For Official Duties To Stretch Budgets

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police agencies across the country are recruiting thousands of civilians for a growing number of duties previously performed by uniformed cops, in an ...

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New Jersey City Preparing To Close ALL Its Libraries

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMDEN, N.J. — The library board in Camden, one of the nation's poorest cities, is preparing to close all three of its libraries by the end of t...

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New York Times Misses the Mark on Chinese Evictions

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wines and Jonathan Ansfield's article makes too much of a new draft law in China, suggesting that it will offer protection to Chinese whose homes are under threat of demolition.

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States Passing Budget Cuts Onto Local Governments

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Confronted with severe revenue shortfalls, some states have found a convenient way of softening painful cutbacks and avoid...

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Colorado Springs Gun Auction: Cash-Strapped City Selling Confiscated Guns Back To Citizens

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Lance Benzel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gun displays are a fixture of police news conferences everywhere, allowing cops to pose for television cameras and tout weapons they've taken off the ...

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