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By Emily Ramshaw and Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News
Gov. Rick Perry's special session effort to win new approval for public-private toll roads in Texas may be hitting the skids.
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By Louise Radnofsky, The Wall Street Journal
There are deadlines for submitting job applications. Deadlines for filing reports. And then there are deadlines for applying for $3.97 billion. The state of Texas cut that last deadline really close.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles
By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
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Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes.
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Texas Senate passes agencies bill
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press, The Austin American-Statesman
The Texas Legislature convened a special session Wednesday and immediately took steps to extend the life of several key state agencies.
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Road bond, sunset bills nearing quick passage
By Ben Wear and Mike Ward, The Austin American-Statesman
Legislators, many of them tanned and exhibiting a relaxed, schools-out air Wednesday, ripped quickly through two of the three issues that Gov. Rick Perry put on their special session plate.
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Deal in works on private toll roads
By Mike Ward, The Austin American-Statesman
Faced with growing legislative opposition to privately built toll roads, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told reporters just a few minutes ago that a deal is in the works to continue approval for a limited number of projects.
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Highlights from the Texas special session
By The Associated Press, The Austin American-Statesman
A special session of the Texas Legislature is in full swing. Lawmakers convened the special session Wednesday and immediately took steps to extend the life of several key state agencies.
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Child support suffers as economy suffers
By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News
The faltering national economy is taking its toll on Texas kids. More parents are making their child support payments from unemployment checks and asking judges to lower their financial burdens.
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Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes.
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Pension funds to lead suit against bank
By Reuters, The New York Times
A group of five public pension funds, including state funds in Ohio and Texas, have won the right to lead investor class-action lawsuits against the Bank of America Corporation over its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Company.
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