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State Budget Cuts

No More Cuts! Keep Foreign Languages in Schools

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Foreign Language, New York Times, Globalization, Raising Global Citizens, State Budget Cuts, Stacie Berdan, Living News
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

At stake is nothing less than our ability to compete successfully in the raw global arena, and one of the deciding factors will be American professionals' ability to speak strategic foreign languages.

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Highway Rest Stops Fall Victim To Budget Woes

wsj.com | MIKE ESTERL | Posted 08.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Virginia Budget Problems, State-Budget-Problems, Virginia, Highways, State Budget Cuts, Highway Rest Stop, Business News

As millions of Americans take to the road for the holiday weekend, a humble highway fixture is under attack. Later this month, cash-strapped Virgin...

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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The End For Attorney General's Public Access Office?

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Public Access Office, State Budget Cuts, Madigan Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Public Access Office Cut, Lisa Blagojevich, Cara Smith, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

During Lisa Madigan's campaign to become Illinois' attorney general, people took note when she pledged to throw back the shades and shed light on the ...

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Governor Blagojevich, Do Right on Substance Abuse Cuts

Greg Harris | Posted 10.06.2008 | Chicago

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Greg Harris

Rather than spread the pain of a difficult budget year across the state budget, the Governor purposefully targeted vulnerable Illinoisans for more pain and suffering. They will pay a steep price, and so will everyone else.

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