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Bruised States Take Step In Right Direction, Still Face Difficulties

Reuters | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
Read More: State Budgets, Video, National Association of State Budget Officers, State Spending, States Recession, States Spending, National Conference of State Legislatures, Budgets, State Budget Growth, Recession, State Recession, Politics News

Most U.S. states reached a plateau of fiscal stability in 2012 as their revenues slowly grew, but they still face threats from escalating costs, high ...

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Who's Increasing Tuition This Year?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 06.25.2012 | College
Read More: Rick Scott, Video, State Budget Cuts, State Spending, Tuition Hikes, Student Debt, Tom Corbett, Prisons, Higher Education, Slideexpand, Education Cuts, College News

Things may finally be getting better for public college students. For the first time in 20 years, there will be no tuition hike at the University o...

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In The Public Interest : States Make Spending More Transparent, but Some Far Ahead of Others

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 05.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Arkansas, Texas, Transparency, State Spending, Transparent Government, Government Spending, Kentucky, Arizona, U.S. PIRG, Government Transparency, Subsidies, State Governments, State Rankings, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

Transparency in government expenditures promotes fiscal responsibility, checks corruption, and bolsters public confidence in government. We need more of it.

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States Struggle For Money, Political Will To Fix America's Failing Roads

AP | By CRISTINA SILVA and JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.17.2011 | Business
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By CRISTINA SILVA and JOAN LOWY, The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Hoover Dam, one of the world's great engineering feats, is marred by ro...

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NY Times: Debt Deal Does 'Real Damage' At The Local Level

The New York Times | Editors | Posted 10.14.2011 | Business
Read More: Discretionary Spending, State Spending, Debt Ceiling, State Aid, Spending Cuts, Debt Deal, Federal Spending, Republicans, Municipalities, Business News

States and cities had already endured a harrowing three-year financial slide when the debt-ceiling crisis darkened their outlooks even further. In the...

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Illinois Treasurer: State Verging On 'Financial Disaster'

Posted 07.30.2011 | Business
Read More: Dan Rutherford, Deficit, Debt, State Taxes, Republican Treasurer, State Spending, Illinois Fiscal, Illinois Treasurer, Pat Guinn, Business News

Illinois is "on the verge of a financial disaster" as payments on the state's debt have skyrocketed, Treasurer Dan Rutherford said on Monday. I...

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On the Road to Recovery, Smart Transportation Policies Stimulate the Economy and Create Jobs

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Smart Growth America, U.S. Economy, ARRA 2009, State Spending, Economic Stimulus Package, American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Obama Administration, Jobs, Smart Growth, Federal Stimulus, Job Creation, Politics News
Geoffrey Anderson

By prioritizing the care of existing infrastructure and public transportation, states can stretch precious transportation dollars further, put more Americans back to work, and help our economy grow.

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States Slashing Social Safety Nets

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Battered by the recession and the deepest and most widespread budget deficits in several decades, a large majority of states are slicing into their so...

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