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Like Many States, Ohio Reaches for A Lifeline
washingtonpost.com - 12/27/2008
Like Many States, Ohio Reaches for A Lifeline
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Official Says Stimulus Is 'Essential to the Salvation of America' Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 27, 2008; Page A01
msnbc.msn.com - 12/27/2008
Suffering Ohio begs for federal lifeline
— msnbc.msn.com — As tax revenue plummets, governors and mayors across the United States are lining up to ask President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress for hundreds of billions of dollars. (more) Suffering Ohio begs for federal lifeline

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Ohio's Governor to Obama: "I Need $5 Billion"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Gov. Strickland, other governors and mayors line up to ask the new White House for emergency funds as their economies crater. Strickland: "We're not crying wolf. This is real."       ...

The Saturday Word: Blackout
The Caucus — ... news is still blaring. The phones are working at Mr. Obama’s transition office in Chicago, where transition staff are fielding substantial requests from state officials for more funds. The Washington Post checks in with Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio:“We’re not crying wolf. This is real,” Mr. Strickland said in an interview in his state house office, pointing to charts that project the most serious erosion of state income in 40 years and a two-year budget deficit of $7.3 billion. Revenue shortfalls in the upcoming two-year budget could amount to about 25 percent of the state’s ...

Election Central Saturday Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... With Barack Obama promoting a stimulus plan estimated at $800 billion, states and localities are lining up asking for help in meeting their own budgetary needs -- and the big industrial state of Ohio is certainly no exception. The Washington Post reports that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland left this amusing voicemail with Rahm Emanuel, his former Congressional colleague: "Rahm, it's Ted. You've never failed me and I need $5 billion." ...

"Like Many States, Ohio Reaches for a Lifeline"
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Saturday, December 27, 2008 [image] "Like Many States, Ohio Reaches for a Lifeline" [Ramesh Ponnuru] Namely, you . 12/27 04:04 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...

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