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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent - a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher than September's adjusted rate, state officials 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.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will face a nearly $21 billion budget gap over the next year and a half, extending a fiscal crisis that already has led to steep cuts to public schools, social services and health programs, a state analyst said Wednesday.
