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By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Without a single vote to spare, the House on Tuesday gave final approval to a plan to put the state in debt for the next 20 years to balance the books this year. The 31-27 vote came over the objections of lawmakers from both parties who had different reasons for not liking the plan. But enough legislators said they saw little alternative to the ...
HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday presented lawmakers with a $29 billion spending plan that would devote more money to schools, prisons and health care for the poor while taxing the sale of many services for the first time.
Gov. Jan Brewer wants to turn juvenile offenders over to counties, repeal requirements to care for the severely mentally ill, kill state funding for fullday kindergarten, eliminate free health care for more than 300,000 low income people, sell off more state buildings, borrow more money and cut state employee pay by 5 percent to balance the budget for the remainder of this year and the next one.
PHOENIX — Ten months ago, Gov. Jan Brewer asked state lawmakers to approve her plan to balance the budget, including a temporary tax hike.
PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer chided state lawmakers and future political foes Monday for talking a lot about balancing the budget but doing very little about it.
PHOENIX - State lawmakers want to make sure police, firefightersand other special interest groups can't force city officials tospend more money without knowing where the cash is coming from.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With about $1.3 billion less to spend this year than last, House and Senate Democrats said Tuesday that lawmakers should focus strictly on passing a state budget and end the legislative session early.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she will draw the line against further cuts to education funding and restore Michigan's main college scholarship program.
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — State lawmakers want to make sure police, firefighters and other special interest groups can’t force city officials to spend more money on their programs at the expense of other priorities. Without dissent, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a measure that would require anyone proposing a local initiative to mandate new ...
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