Government Budgets
PHOENIX - Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shortfall.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Michigan's economy will improve in 2010, but only in comparison to what has been "one of the most brutal years in a generation," University of Michigan economists said Friday.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Tax increases probably can't be avoided as Washington state tries to patch a budget deficit that's ballooned to about $2.6 billion, top Democratic lawmakers said Thursday.
SALT LAKE CITY - A conservative think tank that is influential with the state's Republican-controlled Legislature wants to abolish the Utah Office of Tourism.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years, according to a long-range forecast released Wednesday.
