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                              Weekly wrap: Forecasting revenue is a lot like predicting the weather these days
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        <description><![CDATA[Indiana is mulling changes to how it estimates monthly revenues, while several states are considering mergers and consolidations of government agencies, universities, school districts and more to save money.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=438767]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/20/2009</pubDate>
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                              Economy to sway 2010 gov races
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        <description><![CDATA[<table width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="right" summary=""> 	<tbody> 		<tr> 			<td><a href="http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=438129"><img border="0" align="right" src="http://archive.stateline.org/image-library/2010ElectionsLogo.jpg" alt="" /></a></td> 		</tr> 	</tbody> </table> The tax hikes that so many states levied to plug holes in their recession-ravaged budgets this year could endanger a few incumbent governors&rsquo; careers in 2010 when 37 gubernatorial contests are at stake.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=438129]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/18/2009</pubDate>
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                              Budget insiders see worse ahead in Calif., Mich.
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        <description><![CDATA[Two of the states hit hardest by the Great Recession&ndash;California and Michigan&ndash;are bracing for an even tougher time making ends meet next year, putting big spending cuts or outright elimination of some services on the table, top budget officials from both states said Friday (Nov. 13).]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=437443]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/14/2009</pubDate>
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                              Weekly wrap: Reports spell deep trouble
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        <description><![CDATA[The recession has cut so deep that state governments will suffer for at least 10 years &mdash; or what the National Governors Association bluntly calls &quot;the Lost Decade.&quot; That was among the conclusions in a trio of reports this week that should raise eyebrows over just how bad states' finances have become.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=437182]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/13/2009</pubDate>
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                              Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
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        <description><![CDATA[More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=435534]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/06/2009</pubDate>
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                              Getting it right for community colleges and the nation's workforce
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        <description><![CDATA[President Obama's proposed $12 billion program for the states' community colleges comes as good news in a tough time for the nation's two-year schools, writes David Shaffer, a senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York at Albany, in a commentary for <em>Stateline.org</em>. But the long-term impact of the president's program will depend in part on whether the final legislation, and its implementation, aim at fixing the right things, Shaffer writes.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David Shaffer, in a commentary for Stateline.org]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=413133]]></link>
            <pubDate>07/15/2009</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Visit the Stateline.org Recession & Recovery Page]]></title>
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