State Budgets in Crisis

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Elizabeth McNichol is a Senior Fellow with the State Fiscal Project of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. She explains why budget deficits are such a problem for state governments, and what role our nationwide recession is playing. Plus: a look at how states are addressing their shortfalls.

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