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NEWS ABOUT: state spending

state spending stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Obama's Health 
 Plan Will Crack  
 Whip on States 

States mishandle Medicaid, get bullied by private firms: doctor

Jul 29, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors nationwide are “outraged” by President Obama’s health care plan, but “I call it progress,” writes one Missouri physician for Salon. The reform would take oversight out of the hands of states, which seemingly specialize in “lax regulation of private insurers” and poor handling of... More »

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health care • health insurance • physician • Medicaid • health care reform • state spending • state governments • health insurers • President Obama

(Newser) - A plan to slash the number of inmates by 27,000 could sink California's long-delayed budget deal, the Los Angeles Times reports. Angry Republican state lawmakers threatened to back out of the agreement after learning of the plan, which would give prison officials authority to let any inmate over 60... More »

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California • California legislature • Arnold Schwarzenegger • state spending • prison population • budget gap • state budgets

Calif. Finally Forges
Budget Deal

Plan calls for
massive cuts to close
$26B budget hole

Jul 21, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of wrangling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a deal with state lawmakers to close the $26 billion hole in California's budget, the Sacramento Bee reports. Leaders believe the plan—which involves massive spending cuts and borrowing from city governments—is solid enough to secure billions of dollars in... More »

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California • California legislature • Arnold Schwarzenegger • governor • state spending • budget deficit • budget gap

Obama Pledges Money for States at Govs' Meeting

Offers 'hand of friendship' to Republicans as well

Dec 2, 08 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - States can count on some federal greenbacks soon, Barack Obama promised today in an appearance at the National Governor’s Association conference, reports CNN. Obama said he understood the budget shortfalls 41 states are facing this year or next and that help would be coming. “To my Republican colleagues,... More »

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Barack Obama • state spending • National Governors Association • President Obama

States Fret as Road Salt Grows Scarce, Pricey

Last year's winter depleted reserves

Oct 6, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Road salt is stressing state and municipal budgets as shortages drive prices up well past what local governments have paid in the past, USA Today reports. A harsh winter last year left many states with no salt reserves to carry over, meaning they have to fully restock at inflated prices.... More »

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New Hampshire • Ohio • road budget • infrastructure • ice • winter • salt • state spending • state governments • budgets • city government • local politics

 Creamery Biz 
 Milked Subsidies 
 Under Palin 

Case gives ammo to critics of Palin's Alaska spending record

Sep 16, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics who say Sarah Palin is not as fiscally conservative as she claims are questioning extended subsidies paid to a state-run creamery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing the operation in 2007 after it fell $1.5 million in the red. Palin instead fired the... More »

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Alaska • dairy • fiscal conservatives • state spending • Sarah Palin • subsidies

Economic Blues Take Toll on State Budgets

Declining tax revenue may leave them $26B short next fiscal year

Apr 25, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The slumping economy will pummel state budgets in the next fiscal year, leaving them at least $26 billion short, according to a survey from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Payrolls fell drastically in March and consumer confidence is low, a double whammy for state tax revenue. "With a... More »

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recession • state spending • state governments • subprime crisis • economy • budget shortfall • economy class

State Budgets Caught in Economy's Freefall

Spending cuts, tax increases in store

Mar 17, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Politicians from New York to California are wringing their hands, wondering whether to cut spending or raise taxes. As the economy barrels towards recession, income and sales taxes are coming in well below expectations, and about half the states in the country are facing budget shortfalls, the New York ... More »

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education • health care • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • US states • recession • state spending • state governments • subprime crisis • state sales tax • economy • budget shortfall

Calif. Crunch May Force Drastic Cuts

State might slash education funds,
free inmates early

Dec 22, 07 7:22 PM CST
(Newser) - California's dire financial straits may force the early release of 30,000 low-risk inmates and bring drastic cuts in education, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger will declare a fiscal emergency next month as the state wrestles with a $14.5 billion budget gap. The governor has ordered agencies... More »

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education • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • state spending • inmates • prison population • school budget • California Senate Budget Committee • Los Angeles Unified School District • Proposition 98 • budget deficit • state sales tax • teacher

Calif. Budget
Falls Prey to Housing Crisis

Governator orders across-the-board cuts as deficit nears $10B

Nov 6, 07 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - With the housing crisis laying waste to California’s coffers, Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday ordered all state agencies to cut budgets by 10%, the LA Times reports. “We are among a handful of states that has a lot of exposure to the housing crash,” said an economist. Property, sales,... More »

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California • housing market • Arnold Schwarzenegger • subprime mortgages • foreclosure • recession • state spending • housing crisis • state sales tax

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