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Charade Ends in Reality Check on Budget

There will be no increase in funding for schools and colleges, despite universal acknowledgement that improving education is the key to the state's future.

There will be no extra money to ease the backlog of substandard highways and bridges or fill critical needs for case workers at the Department of Human Services and the state mental health agency.

Senate Passes Bill to Privatize Lottery

The full Senate has given its approval to a bill that could privatize the state’s education lottery.

GOP Education Reforms

The Senate voted in favor of a tax credit for private school scholarship programs, an expansion of charter school sponsors to include federally-recognized Native American tribes, and a pilot program that would deregulate 10 public school districts.

Healthcare Survey: Summary of Findings

Over a period of just seven weeks, from Jan. 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America. Most are insured and employed. Most are college graduates. More than half are union members.