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From: The Washington Times | July 4, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio | Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and the Fourth of July holiday without budgets in place. “This downturn, even more so than previous downturns, really is affecting every state right now,” said Brian Sigritz, a staff associate with the National Association of State Budget Officers. The Washington-based organization said 42 states wrestled with budget deficits this spring – the most since it began tracking budgets 30 years ago. States weathered similar problems in the recessions of the early 1980s, 1990s and …
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