Word: deficits
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...bill includes a proposed 19-cent increase to the state gas tax that would help stave off the MBTA’s projected $161 million deficit in the next fiscal year...
...We’ve said repeatedly that without some help to deal with our budget deficit, we’ll have to close the deficit gap down by raising fares or closing services,” Pesaturo said. “If the legislature does approve the bill, then there would be no need to raise fares...
...Harvard stayed within striking distance until the final few minutes of the game, but was never able to pull closer than nine points down the stretch. Berry’s three-point play with 9:54 left cut the deficit to seven and might have ignited a run, but Dartmouth’s Darcy Rose quickly responded with one of the Big Green’s many layups on the other end, and Schram followed with a three a minute later to push the lead...
Nevertheless, election experts say no legal precedent or basis exists for a re-vote in Minnesota law. (A re-vote was conducted in a 1974 New Hampshire U.S. Senate race, but the margin was just two votes.) Besides, as the state retrenches in the face of a $4.5 billion deficit, another election would be costly. Secretary of state Ritchie, a Democrat, says it would cost the state between $3.5 million and $5 million. "It's pure fantasy, pure baloney," he says...
...lead over a shell-shocked Crimson was doubled. Receiving a pass around the left, Naslund found space in front of the Harvard goal. With defensemen backing off, the forward drove the puck beyond Kessler into the top-right corner for her second of the game.Faced with a two-goal deficit, Harvard got the best possible response from Wilson—the forward restored to the second line following illness.At 16:11, Wilson picked up a pass from McDonald on the right and zeroed in on goal. The forward fired a low shot past van der Bliek to halve the Engineers?...