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...conclusion to the report containing the recommendations, Healy cautioned that "nothing would speed the fiscal downfall of Cambridge faster than the diminution of our cash reserves." During the meeting, he also told the council that the free cash appropriation, much of which derived from Cambridge City Hospital surplus, "will be on the back of the hospital, no matter...
...chief House budget writer said the projection of $230 million from selling surplus assets is shaky at best and that the Weld administration has a difficult task if it is to achieve the Medicaid savings projected in the budget...
...Food Policy Research Institute, the likelihood of major food shortfalls has doubled during the past four decades. India, for instance, relies heavily on one type of fast-growing wheat, called sonalika, that is susceptible to several diseases. One epidemic in this crop could wipe out India's entire grain surplus...
...Latter-day Saints -- the Mormons -- Utah has become the envy of its neighbors. Other states are bogged down in recession, but Utah's economy is racing. Other states around the country are raising taxes and cutting services to balance their budgets, but Utah is enjoying a third straight budget surplus. Other states are having trouble attracting job- creating businesses, but in Utah they are flocking in from all over. What Utah proves is that church and government can work together to usher in good times...
...version of the West's long tug-of-war over water are more numerous and clamorous than ever. The four Upper Basin states have always regarded the three in the Lower Basin with a gimlet eye. The upper states have never used all the water allotted to them; the surplus could be, and often was, picked up by the lower states -- mostly California. No one minded as long as the river seemed inexhaustible; now the upper states fret that the lower states have grown accustomed to -- and have prospered on -- more than their fair share. Across the region and within...