States’ finances improve as tax revenues rise nationwide
A National Conference of State Legislatures survey finds nearly two thirds of states expect to end the current year in the black, driven by higher personal and sales taxes and stronger revenues. Thirty-two states project small surpluses by June, with 12 eyeing surpluses next year, while 33 face shortfalls. Medicaid spending and program cuts remain pressure points, even as some states reverse revenue declines. Kansas Senator Morris notes gains but cautions there are gaps to fund education and social services.
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NCSL
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Center For Budget and Policy Priorities
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Kansas
Steve Morris
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Army asks ski resorts to return howitzers
The Army demands immediate return of five 119-A howitzers used by Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain to blast snow off mountainsides, a loan from the Army to prevent avalanches. The guns, costing about 1 million each to replace, were sent to the resorts last year and will be retrieved to support Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Illinois
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Nuclear weapon sites face years of security delays
Washington auditors warn security upgrades at nuclear weapon sites may not be finished for up to five more years after the Sept. 11 attacks. The General Accounting Office says the Energy Department’s 2006 deadline is likely unrealistic, risking the need to remove plutonium and weapons-grade uranium from some facilities. Officials say the program is being revised amid evolving threat assumptions.
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Bear Attack Ends With Heroic Teen Stand and Camp Alert
A 15yearold boy on a wilderness youth expedition fought a 400pound brown bear after it entered his tent biting him. He punched the bear multiple times, blew an air horn, and campers used pepper spray and a flare to drive it off. He was flown to a hospital then sent home to Barrow.
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Alaska
Adam Benson
Benson
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