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Gov. M. Jodi Rell followed through Wednesday on her vow to veto the two-year state budget that Democrats pushed through the legislature late last week, saying, "It is neither balanced nor remotely realistic in its assumed 'savings' and 'spending cuts.'" Rell had signed an undated veto message over the weekend in anticipation of the Democrats' budget bill arriving at her desk, and she exercised it Wednesday, on the first day of the new fiscal year -- which begins without an approved state budget for the first time since 2003. Meanwhile, the state government will operate and pay its bills under an executive order issued this week by Rell, and negotiations on a new budget agreement will continue between the Republican governor and the Democratic legislative leaders who control both the state House and Senate. There was never any... [read full story]
AFP Las Vegas Sands will restart a stalled resort in Macau even though its $US2.5 billion ($A2.72 billion) initial public offering raised less than expected, a source familiar with the deal said Sunday. The sale had been...
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Posted: 2:17 pm PST November 22, 2009 Comment On This Story ›› CAMARILLO, Calif. -- The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has dropped 3.64 cents over a two-week period to $2.65. That's according to the...
By ZOE FRALEY; The Bellingham Herald BELLINGHAM, Wash. – After Shannon Taggart spent more than a year living in her van, moving into a Bellingham apartment was a big step. But like many homeless people placed in housing,...
