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...report on the rapidly deteriorating condition of state finances. Revenues are dropping so fast that state budget cutters can't keep up, according to a report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). States that collectively cut $40 billion in spending to balance their budgets over the summer are now facing an additional $32 billion shortfall as tax receipts come in below estimates, the report said. And the fiscal year after that - running from July 2009 through June 2010 - could be even worse, with a projected $65 billion gap between legislated spending and incoming revenue, a figure calculated...
...showing weakness this year as the price of commodities has plummeted. State finances tend to lag the national economy, so strength so far is no guarantee things will stay rosy. Of legislative fiscal officers surveyed, including one in Puerto Rico, 26 were pessimistic about the revenue outlook through next summer; last year at this time, none were. Of the remaining officers, 19 were concerned, 6 saw the outlook as stable, and none were optimistic...
Lois E. Beckett ’09 is a social studies concentrator in Pforzheimer House. She spent last summer in Mumbai working for a magazine affiliated with The Times of India...
...mere property, animals can be caged on zoos and farms, pushed into painful shows in circuses and rodeos, and mutilated in laboratories. And when disasters strike, property is simply left behind—witness the thousands of pigs who drowned in their crates when floods hit Iowa this summer, and the farmers who subsequently collected insurance payouts on their sentient losses...
Nearly all second-year Law School students who have recently completed the on-campus interview process received at least one summer job offer, but this year was a noticeable departure from previous years, law school officials said...