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Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 January 2009 01:42 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 7 January 2009 01:42
From Stateline.org:
The $200 billion in deficits that states face over the next two years will put the brakes on most big-ticket items in governors’ 2009 wish lists as the new legislative year gets under way amid the bleakest economy in a generation.
Republican Gov. John Hoeven of North Dakota Jan. 6 warned that even his state that has in the past seemed recession-proof could find this year tougher.
“The state of our state is strong,” Hoeven said, as he kicked off this year’s round of governors’ “state of the state” addresses that lay out the top executives’ visions for the coming year. But he noted that as many as 41 other states face budget deficits this year and next.