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States Eye Budgets Amid Lackluster Revenue

by Kathy Lohr, NPR
January 11, 2011

Legislatures in all 50 states are setting priorities and attempting the difficult job of balancing their budgets amid lackluster revenue and rising costs for education and health care. Newly inaugurated governors are looking for ways to create jobs, and many have promised tax cuts. Those promises may be hard to keep.

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  • All Things Considered, January 11, 2011
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