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Pennsylvania Budget Reforms Cut State Debt
A Pennsylvania official recalls implementing the first state budget, imposing uniform accounts and strict fiscal controls to stop wasteful deficits. By June 1926, $26.7 million of an $80.6 million debt was paid, with a surplus in the treasury enabling continued pay-as-you-go finances and timely school district payments.
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