Pennsylvania shuts services amid budget impasse
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Pennsylvania idled about 25,000 state workers and shut down noncritical services early on Monday after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell failed to agree on measures he set as a precondition for signing a budget for the new fiscal year.
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Joseph Glazier has seen the cost of his phone service double this year and his utility bills could do the same. He cannot ride the bus for free anymore. Subsidized prescriptions for his ailing eyes and ears have long since stopped.
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TORONTO -- Post-partum depression clinics, breastfeeding clinics and other vital women&#39;s health services are on the chopping block as the province demands that hospitals balance their budgets next year, advocates warned yesterday.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Weather-related problems caused Interstate 78 in Berks County to remain closed Thursday between the Interstate 81 interchange and Exit 49. PennDOT is asking all motorists to avoid the area.
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Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted Monday after two fires broke out, causing chaos for hundreds of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.
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LOS ANGELES Financial problems have shut down two Los Angeles County emergency rooms for good over the past two weeks -- raising concerns that the county&#39;s remaining E-Rs may be overwhelmed.
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The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip ordered the shutdown Monday of private clinics run by doctors loyal to the West Bank-based Fatah government, a new blow to a medical system already crippled by the Palestinian power struggle.
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A pay dispute walkout by council workers in Falkirk causes the closure of many services.
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As the state government shutdown entered its second day, lawmakers who have been unable to agree on a budget planned to return to the Statehouse to try to reach a compromise.
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Ireland's dominant telephone company, Eircom PLC, shut down services Tuesday to smaller rival Smart Telecom in a dispute over unpaid bills, leaving 40,000 households and businesses unable to make calls.
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Labor and management have hit an impasse, which has included union threats of a strike over better working conditions, protection of health and other benefits.
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Atlantic City casinos shut down on  Wednesday to meet a morning deadline to do so after New Jersey  lawmakers failed to resolve an impasse on the state&#039;s budget,  and the closing could cost millions of dollars in lost revenue  and taxes.
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By Dori Berman  The Board of Public Works Wednesday halted a large residential project on the Eastern Shore after a lengthy debate that will likely spark a larger discussion about the state's growth policies.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., July 8 -- Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D) ordered a partial government shutdown and furloughs of more than 24,000 state workers Sunday after negotiations with the state legislature did not  resolve a budget stalemate.
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A stubborn disagreement over whether to cut a tiny fraction of California's $145 billion budget proposal led to a rare legislative lock-down that left state senators stuck in their chamber Saturday.
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The drumbeat of bad news about TennCare moved to a routine state departmental budget hearing yesterday afternoon, while negotiations closed to the public continued in an effort to save the pricey health-care program.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.