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NJ: New Jersey Property Tax-Cap Accord Reached by Senate, Christie

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 11:59am

Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the Democrats who control the Senate said they have reached agreement on a plan to curb increases in property taxes used to fund local government and schools.

CA: Governor puts 200,000 state workers on minimum wage

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 11:57am

The Sacramento Bee:

Roughly 200,000 state workers will receive minimum wage paychecks next month under terms of an order issued Thursday by the Schwarzenegger administration.

MI: 400,000 Michigan workers may lose jobless aid this year

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 11:48am

The Detroit Free Press:

For 35,000 jobless Michigan workers, this holiday weekend marks the start of a new set of worries: the sudden end of their unemployment benefits.

NY: Look at who's making what where

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 11:36am

The Albany Times Union:

The first major report from the new Authorities Budget Office provides an accounting of how well New York's hundreds of state and local authorities are living by the laws laid down in a new reform package.

 

AK: 25,000 sign up for state credit protection after data lost

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:26am

The Anchorage Daily News:

More than 25,000 anxious public employees and retirees have signed up for credit protection services after a state contractor last year lost personal data on 77,000 current and former state, municipal and school employees, state officials say.

 

MI: Legislature approves restoring some funding to state's schools

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:24am

The Detroit Free Press:

The Michigan Legislature approved a new $12.8-billion school funding plan on Thursday that boosts state aid by $11 per pupil immediately and through the 2010-11 school year.

WY: State suspends tax at gun shows

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:22am

The Star-Tribune:

The Wyoming Department of Revenue has suspended sales tax collections from gun shows because of increasing animosity toward the state's field tax agents.

MO: Incentives’ track record raises doubts

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:20am

The Columbia Daily Tribune:

First there was the Ford factory in Hazelwood. Then Chrysler’s twin production plants in Fenton. Next, a potential Bombardier airplane assembly shop in Kansas City.

IL: Local agencies mostly prepared for cuts

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:16am

Pantagraph:

Eligibility has been tightened for a program that helps older adults remain safe at home by providing in-home assistance.

HI: Hawaii cigarette tax hikes pack price by 40 cents

Altaf Rahamatulla on July 6, 2010 - 10:14am

Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

New cigarette taxes hitting Hawaii smokers Thursday make each pack cost 40 cents more, reaching an average of nearly $8.