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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2015, 10:52 AM Jun 2015

Many states still suffering budget shortfalls. NYT:

"Though the national economy is in its sixth year of recovery from the recession, many states are still facing major funding gaps that have locked legislatures in protracted battles with governors. In some states, lawmakers have gone into overtime with unresolved budgets, special sessions and threats of widespread government layoffs.”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/us/states-confront-wide-budget-gaps-even-after-years-of-recovery.html?referrer=

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Many states still suffering budget shortfalls. NYT: (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

How many of them are run by Republican governors Jumpin Jack Flash Jun 2015 #1

Jumpin Jack Flash

(242 posts)

1. How many of them are run by Republican governors

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Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:04 AM

Jun 2015

or have Republican majorities on both state houses?

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