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Budget & Appropriations 2009

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State Budget Updates 2009

• NY Times- Facing Deficits, States Plan More Budget Cuts (November 17, 2008)
• Washington Post: Facing Shortfalls, States Seek Emergency Aid from Washington (November 16, 2008)
• Stateline: States craft plans to stimulate economy (November 14, 2008)
• AP: Several States Holding Special Budget Sessions (November 13, 2008)
• AP: States Consider Billions in Cuts as Deficits Widen (November 7, 2008)
• LA Times: CA Governor Calls for Medicaid Cuts to Close Budget Gap (November 7, 2008)
• Kaiser: State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid Fact Sheet (November, 2008)
• CQ: Financially Strapped States Feel Pain of Medicaid Costs, Seek Federal Stimulus Aid (November 3, 2008)
• ABC News: 49 States Sliding Into Recession (November 3, 2008)
• AP: KY Budget Woes Leave State Hundreds of Millions Short of Current Spending Needs (October 31, 2008)
• Sacramento Bee: There Are Many Culprits in $10 Billion Budget Mess (October 31, 2008)

• CBPP: State Revenues Plummet- Numbers Are Worst in Years (October 31, 2008)

• CBPP: States in Trouble Due to Economic Downturn  (October 31, 2008)

• LA Times: CA Legislature Reconvenes to Discuss $10 Billion Budget Deficit, Economic Stimulus Plan  (October 31, 2008)

• Washington Post: VA providers Brace for Cuts as State Plugs $2.5 Billion Budget Shortfall  (October 31, 2008)

• Daily News: NY State Budget Balloons to Record $12.5 Billion (October 31, 2008)

• USA Today: Economic Troubles Force States to Cut Medicaid (October 29, 2008)

• Stateline: Depressed economy wallops states (October 27, 2008)

• CBPP: States in Trouble Due to Economic Downturn (October 24, 2008)

• NGA/NASBO State Economic Review: October 2008 Issue (October 24, 2008)

• CBPP Testimony: Economic Recovery: Options and Challenges (October 24, 2008)

• Florida’s Legislative Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2009 – 2010 (October 24, 2008)

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• Social Security Announces 5.8 Percent Benefit Increase for 2009 (October 17, 2008)

• Continuing Resolution $5 Billion in LIHEAP State Allocations Released (October 17, 2008)

• Boston Globe: Ma Governor to Cut 1,000 Jobs from State Payroll, Slash Budget by $1 Billion (October 16, 2008)
• Arizona Republic: State Seeks Cost-Cutting Ideas to Cover Budget Shortfall (October 16, 2008)
• Sacramento Bee: CA Bond Sale Raises Enough Cash to Pay State's Bills (October 16, 2008)
• Washington Post: MD makes $350 Million in Midyear Budget Cuts as Revenues Drop (October 16, 2008)
• Journal Sentinel: WI Governor Warns of $3 Billion Budget Shortfall, Orders Agencies to Cut 10% (October 15, 2008)

• Maine Sunday Telegram: Governor Wants Budget Requests Cut by 10 Percent (October 10, 2008)

• Atlanta Journal: Georgia May Increase Premiums to Fund Medicaid (October 10, 2008)

• Sacramento Bee: Governor May Call Special Session to Deal with Rising Deficit (October 10, 2008)

• The Tennessean: TennCare Cut Again as Tax Collections Fall (October 10, 2008)

• Washington Post: Fiscal Crisis is Hitting Some States Hard (October 10, 2008)

• Kaiser: As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State FYs 2007 and 2008 (October 10, 2008)

• Rockefeller Institute of Government: State Revenue Report- The Damage is Just the Beginning (October 10, 2008)

• CBPP: States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues; Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits (October 10, 2008)

• Stateline: It Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better for States (October 10, 2008)

• NY Times: Gov. Schwarzenegger Suggests CA May Not Need Loan From Treasury Dept. (October 10, 2008)

• Stateline: Escalating Financial Crisis Gripping States (October 10, 2008)

• CBPP: States Face Short-Term Borrowing Problems, Big Budget Deficits (October 7, 2008)
• Kaiser: Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn (October 1, 2008)
• States Look to Federal Government for Help with Home Heating Costs(September 26, 2008)
• HHS Provides $121 Million to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (September 17, 2008)

• CBPP: State Budget Troubles Worsen (September 12, 2008)

• CBPP: Facing Deficits, Many States are Imposing Cuts that Hurt Vulnerable Residents (September 12, 2008)

• AP: Discovery of Error Helps Mississippi Plug Budget Hole (September 12, 2008)

• AJC: Georgia Budget Crisis Hits Workers’ Paychecks (September 12, 2008)

• Washington Post: Maryland May Face $1 Billion Shortfall (September 2, 2008)
• Washington Post: Brutal Budget Season For N.Va. (September 2, 2008)
• New York Times: Legislators Are Negotiating to Cut Budget by $1 Billion (September 2, 2008)
• Christian Science Monitor: Medicaid bears brunt of states' budget crunch (September 2, 2008)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgia budget crisis hits workers’ paychecks (September 2, 2008)
• 29 States Face Budget Shortfalls (June 9, 2008)

• Kaiser: New Data from CMS's Office of Actuary on Total Medicaid Spending Estimates by State from 1995-2004 (May 6, 2008)

• 21 states showed declines in sales-tax revenue (May 1, 2008)

• Now 22 States Face Budget Shortfalls of Over $39 Billion (March17, 2008)

• CBPP: Facing Deficits, Many States Are Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents (March 17, 2008)

• CBPP: Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level (March 10, 2008)

• 50 State Ranking of Economic Distress (March 7, 2008)

• 27 States Now Need Fiscal Relief (March 7, 2008)

• 21 States Face Budget Shortfalls of Over $36 billion (February 26, 2008)

• CMS Regs Will Weaken Medicaid Unless Congress Acts Extends Moratoria (February 14, 2008)

• NGA Interim Report on the State of the States (February 2008)
• 20 States Face Budget Shortfall 8 Others Expect Budget Problems (January 31, 2008)

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