DALLAS, March 20 (UPI) -- Cash-strapped states are still eyeing cuts in Medicaid spending and even education to avoid budget deficits, but some are also reluctantly turning to tax increases to preserve vital services, a government watchdog agency reported Thursday.

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Western states that line up in Washington for assistance with their respective budget crises will have one extra item on their collective agenda, the need to ma

DALLAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Projected state budget deficits for fiscal 2004 could reach $60 billion to $85 billion, forcing deep cuts in health care programs for low-income families, a Was

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