December 2, 2009
Louisiana
By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON for the Advocate Capitol News Bureau
A cost-cutting commission wants state government to take a cue from private business and furlough state workers.
Without much discussion, the Commission on Streamlining Government on Tuesday endorsed a proposal that state government workers next year take four days off without pay. The commission then turned its attention to a [...]
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November 24, 2009
Alabama
By Patricia C. McCarter-The Huntsville Times
What Robert Bentley says he is hearing on his gubernatorial campaign from one end of the state to the other is that people need jobs.
The state’s nearly 11 percent unemployment rate reflects that, and the Republican dermatologist/state legislator from Tuscaloosa believes that he has the answer.
While on a “fact-finding tour” [...]
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