Maine Gov. seeks to cut spending, consolidate jails
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Maine Gov. John Baldacci on Thursday unveiled a supplemental biennial budget that consolidates agencies and state and county jails to cut spending in the face of a projected $95 million revenue shortfall.
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By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec.
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Governor Deval L. Patrick, facing a daunting challenge as he tries to balance his first state budget, is looking hard at the same solution that his predecessor, Mitt Romney, employed in the early difficult fiscal days of his administration: declaring war on corporate &#145;&#145;tax loopholes.&#146;&#146;
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The nation&#39;s governors on Wednesday urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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Democratic governor says state must act to help citizens purchase cheaper drugs from Canada, Europe.
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Seeking to close the state budget gap, Gov. George E. Pataki will propose at least $1 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida's new governor on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to roll back property taxes, reward top teachers and help fight global warming.
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Strategic review orders strategic retreat David Hanson, minister of state at the Ministry of Justice, told the Commons yesterday that the over-budget project to link prison and probation IT systems is being canned.â¦
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CONCORD, NH -- Gov.-elect John Lynch said Thursday he can&#39;t rule out cutting programs or laying off workers in writing a balanced budget for lawmakers to consider this winter.
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Berlin, N.H., is trying to offset the loss of its economic base, paper mills, with a new federal prison and New Englandâs first all-terrain vehicle park.
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President Bush's &#36;2.5 trillion budget is shaping up as his most austere, trying to restrain spending across a wide swath of government from popular farm subsidies to poor people's health programs.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) is expected to propose spending more than $40 million today to begin overhauling the state's mental health system, which has come under intense scrutiny since 32 people were killed this year at Virginia Tech by a gunman with a history of psychiatric problems, according to...
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Democratic governors hope to wrest control of their beleaguered party and make their homegrown policies, tactics and political organizations a key to reversing Republican gains.
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Maine's governor announced a pair of programs Thursday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for state residents, including one that would allow the Penobscot Indians to distribute drugs from Canada.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 13--Cutting spending projects from Destin's budget can hurt Destin residents even if it saves them money, City Councilor Sam Seevers says.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) on Thursday proposed spending an additional $500 million next year on transportation projects but said that the one-time expense would do little to solve the state's worsening traffic problems unless the General Assembly agrees to raise taxes or fees.
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Warning that the nation&#039;s largest prison system is dangerously overcrowded, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday summoned lawmakers into a special session to decide whether to build two new prisons and adopt other relief measures.