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Shhh! That's the Sound of Public Libraries Closing
By Scott Martelle - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (March 27) -- Massive budget cuts that have already led to furloughs for government workers and increased class sizes for public school teachers are claiming another victim: libraries. The Los Angeles Board of Library Commissioners this week ordered nine city libraries to close on Sundays, citing a city government hiring freeze that will keep it from replacing an estimated 200 retiring library workers. And in Pasadena, home to academic powerhouse Caltech, public school officials say they'll close school libraries next year, among other cuts, if a local tax measure doesn't pass in ...
Will Federal Stimulus Money for States Expire Before Recovery Arrives?
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyWhen White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers testified before Congress last year to urge passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, he promised that the $787 billion stimulus would be "timely, targeted and temporary." But as David Wyss, chief economist for Standard and Poor's, observes, "the three T's did not occur." The Recovery Act was passed late and politics trumped targeting in many states. Of necessity, federal stimulus has also proven less temporary than Summers and his boss, Barack Obama, envisioned. In an effort to spur the lagging recovery, Congress has ...
Calif. Debate Illustrates Problems of Funding Parks
By Scott Martelle - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (Feb. 15) – Critics call it an "oil-for-parks" ultimatum, but a proposal to use offshore oil revenues to finance California parks highlights an issue plaguing states from coast to coast: How do you keep parks open and maintained during a financial crisis that has gutted state budgets? Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to tie funding for the state's extensive parks system to new drilling off the picturesque Santa Barbara County coast – near the site of a massive oil spill a generation ago, an incident that still ripples through state politics. Cutting money for parks ...
Medicaid: Struggling States Need More Help From the Feds
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyTucked away in an inner passage of the 1,990-page health care bill passed by the House is a $23.5 billion holiday season gift to states to help them meet the growing costs of Medicaid, which provides medical coverage for the poor. This little-noticed provision is in reality a hidden federal stimulus, much welcome to states, as they confront the looming budget gaps of 2010 and beyond. State governments are less happy with other provisions of the bill, but they will take what they can get from Washington as revenues fall in tandem with rising joblessness. Even though the Great Recession is ...
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