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California governor's veto threat creates logjam of nearly 1,000 bills
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMore than California's budget is up in the air. So is a year's work by 120 lawmakers who want the governor to sign off on requiring carbon monoxide detectors in homes, impounding cars belonging to illegal dumpers and giving funeral directors permission...Tags: Voting, Laws, Regional Authority, Economic Policy, Don Perata
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Why Lynx is facing worse cutbacks than its peers
Sentinel Staff WriterLynx bus riders could soon see higher fares and less-frequent service, thanks to spiraling fuel and labor costs. But while this same surge of expenses is hitting other Florida transit systems from Miami to Jacksonville, they aren't considering service...Tags: Property, Transportation, Sales, Layoffs and Downsizing, Tampa
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Mayor's resignation not end of Detroit's troubles
Associated Press WriterA text-messaging sex scandal that has cost the city millions of dollars and stifled some government operations for months is coming to a close with the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But the city's troubles are far from over. It still faces a...Tags: Major League Baseball, Multi-Sport Events, Kwame Kilpatrick, Local Elections, Ford Motor Co.
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Medevac copters' usage curtailed, legislators told
Maryland's medevac program this year implemented changes designed to reduce unnecessary use of state police helicopters, a senior official told lawmakers in Annapolis Thursday morning. Patients who are within a 30-minute drive to a trauma center must now...Tags: Medicine, Laws, Accounting and Auditing, Medicaid, Health Treatments
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Alonso's next challenge
Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso had a remarkable first year. He ruffled the teachers union, infuriated the administrators union, shifted power from the central office to school principals, revolutionized funding allocations to individual schools,...Tags: Retirement, Teaching and Learning, Sheila Dixon, Therapies, Martin O'Malley
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$8 Million Deficit Projected For Hartford Budget
The Hartford CourantThe City of Hartford needs to take $6 million from its savings to balance last year's $525.6 million budget and is projecting an $8 million deficit in the current budget, Mayor Eddie A. Perez said today. Citing "the economic downturn and slowed growth in...Tags: Eddie A. Perez
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Palin gives and saves amid big Alaska surplus
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDaniel Congiolosi is sure it won't be long before energy is so expensive he won't be able to pay the bills. When that happens, he will be ready. This spring, he tripled the size of his garden. He's rushing to install a hand pump on the well, build a...Tags: Lower House, Laws, Sarah Palin, Kevin Meyer, Government
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Kane County to cut 2009 budget by 1.5%
Chicago Tribune reporterA declining share of taxes and fees and rising fuel and health-care costs are forcing Kane County to cut next year's budget by 1.5 percent. Officials expect the county to collect $3 million less in the general revenue fund from sales and income taxes,...Tags: Local Elections, Elections
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Paterson calls for zero growth NY budget
agency spending would be `zero growth,' not necessarily total budget. ADDS Paterson quote. Moving on general news and financial services. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York Gov. David Paterson told state agencies to draft zero-growth budgets to fend off a $5....Tags: David Paterson, Executive Branch, Government
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We think: The state Supreme Court was right to toss out three flawed amendments
One thing you can say for the folks who proposed reforming Florida's tax and budget system -- they're batting better than .500. That's excellent if you're a baseball player, but sorely lacking if your goal was to change -- and presumably improve --...Tags: Sales, Freedom of Religion, Voting, Constitutional Issues, Local Authority
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Fort Pierce city commissioner pushes for utility referendum
TCPalm.comCity Commissioner Reggie Sessions said he plans to ask each Fort Pierce Utilities Authority board member to resign, and may seek a special election so voters could decide whether the city should take over the utility. Because the deadline to put a...Tags: Natural Resources, Key West, Energy Resources, Natural Gas, Public Officials
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Lake School Board trims budget, might not be done yet
Sentinel Staff WriterLake County School Board members have cut jobs, money for consultants and nearly all out-of-state travel to counter a loss of state funding and balance the school district's budget for the new school year. Although employee pay raises haven't been...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Private Health Care, Health Treatments
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