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States Await Outcome of Wrangling Over Obama Jobs Plan
TODAY'S TAKE: President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill lacks the votes needed to pass the Democratic Senate, let alone the Republican House of Representatives. Lawmakers now will consider individual parts, including aid to states.more -
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Unemployment Overpayments: Fraud or Flawed System?
According to the federal government, states made errors in paying out 11 cents of every dollar they spent on jobless benefits last year. State officials say high error rates are largely due to clerical mistakes rather than government waste.more -
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Congressional Super Committee Short on State Experience
TAX AND BUDGET BEAT: The congressional panel charged with cutting the national debt will make decisions that are critical for states, but most of the members have served as state officials only briefly, if at all.more -
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Before Jobs Speech, Obama Pushes Highway Funding
TRANSPORTATION BEAT: As he prepares to address Congress on his plans for creating jobs, President Obama is urging federal lawmakers to renew a major transportation law, detailing the potential jobs that could be lost in every state if it lapses.more -
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Will Obama Jobs Plan Include Aid to States?
TODAY'S TAKE: The White House reportedly favors a $300 billion jobs program that will contain direct aid to state and local governments, which have been laying off employees by the thousands.more -
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Kil Huh: The Federal Debt Deal Crucial for States
Kil Huh explains how the federal debt deal may affect the states when Congress returned from its 2011 summer recess. more
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O'Malley Mulls Tax Hikes to Offset Federal Cuts
TAX & BUDGET BEAT: Maryland's governor says tax increases could happen next year ... Virginia's governor wants a new rainy day fund ... Tennessee fights to preserve its credit rating and more tax and budget news. more
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Pentagon Cuts Have Military States Worried
The federal debt-reduction deal contains at least $350 billion - but perhaps as much as $950 billion - in defense spending cuts over 10 years. Some states see serious problems for their military-dependent economies.more -
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Transportation Deadlock Worries States
Next month, a deeply divided Congress will decide how much money to give states to build and maintain highways, bridges and public transit systems. The outcome is anybody's guess.more -
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Amid Fiscal Uncertainty, States Prepare for Cuts
TODAY'S TAKE: With the stock market reeling, the federal government's credit rating lowered and major domestic spending cuts from Congress to come, some states see far more fiscal trouble on the horizon. more