His own budget proposes some increases, according to nonpartisan fiscal bureau Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker"s core theme on the campaign trail in 2010 was a firm stance against any tax increases...
Columbus’ priorities Toledo Blade ...It’s a budget whose idea of “shared sacrifice” is slashing support of essential public services on which middle and working-class and low-income Ohio families rely, while giving preferential tax treatment to the state’s wealthiest individuals and to corporations...
MSU to raise tuition 6.9% in response to state budget cuts Detroit Free Press ...Michigan State University became the latest public university in the state to increase its tuition in response to budget cuts from Lansing...
Plans to put Florida's Medicaid recipients into managed care programs get hearing St. Petersburg Times ... the refrain has generally been the same at meetings from the Panhandle to Fort Lauderdale: Managed-care programs, which pay companies per patient rather than fees for specific services, mean health care will be limited in the interest of turning a profit...
Legislature throws state troopers under the bus (Opinion) Bangor Daily News ...The budget now being considered by the Legislature undoes those promises, taking away benefits from troopers and other state employees....
Gov. Christie touts bipartisan effort leading to public worker pension overhaul bill NJ.com ...While thousands of state workers protested outside the Statehouse in Trenton this morning, Gov. Chris Christie was in Atlantic City touting the new deal between Republicans and Democrats on pension and health benefits ...
