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• Many libraries go quiet as local budget cuts deepen (Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2009)
• SEPTA workers strike for morning rush hour (The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 2009)
• Privately run infrastructure deals dry up (USA Today, October 27)
• More cities are putting social services under one roof (USA Today, September 29, 2009)
• Cash strapped towns look to share services (Star-Ledger, September 12, 2009)
• Cities brace for a prolonged bout of declining tax revenues (Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2009)
• Politics and the Financial Crisis Slow the Drive to Privatize (New York Times, June 4, 2009)
• Schwarzenegger proposes 5% cut in California employee salaries (Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009)
• Computer system quickens city response to complaints (Boston Globe, May 27, 2009)
• Newest Fulton city stops outsourcing government (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 7, 2009)
• To save money, states turn to furloughs (New York Times, April 23, 2009)
• Ingenuity saves city, state jobs as budgets shrink (USA Today, April 14, 2009)
• Cities, states tack on more user fees (USA Today, March 18, 2009)
• Merging county offices results in large savings (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2009)
• City may replace parking meters with solar-powered kiosks (American-Statesman, March 3, 2009)
• 'Smart' parking meters catching on across U.S. (USA Today, February 24, 2009)
• Turning to the public for advice on a budget (New York Times, February 23, 2009)
• Benefits neglected for civil retirees (USA Today, February 16, 2009)
• Retiree health care issue 'goes nowhere' in Nebraska (USA Today, February 16, 2009)
• States and cities angle for stimulus cash (New York Times, February 15, 2009)
• Village automates water meter reading through Wi-Fi (Sun-Sentinel, February 11, 2009)
• To minimize layoffs, employers cut worker hours (Christian Science Monitor, February 8, 2009)
• Business brisk at area libraries: in bad times, free resources are a hot commodity (Washington Post, February 2, 2009)
• Cities, towns ready to vie for stimulus funds (USA Today, February 2, 2009)
• In boost for workers, high court affirms shield from employer retaliation (Christian Science Monitor, January 27, 2009)
• States to win big in stimulus sweepstakes (Christian Science Monitor, January 25, 2009)
• In San Diego, financial free fall -- and freedom (Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2009)
• Economy puts emergency readiness in peril (USA Today, December 10, 2008)
• Electric scooters give Fairfax police a silent edge (Marin Independent Journal, December 4, 2008)
• Chicago Banks on Private Parking (Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2008)
• City goes green with new hybrid police car (Kalamazoo Gazette, November 24, 2008)
• Shortage of court interpreters worsening in U.S. (USA Today, November 18, 2008)
• Bankrupt California city may be a harbinger (Washington Post, October 19, 2008)
• Financial crisis takes a toll on already-squeezed cities (New York Times, October 6, 2008)
• Senior centers prep for baby boomer boom (USA Today, September 27, 2008)
• Company terminating Delco jail contract (Philadelphia Inquirer, August 30,l 2008)