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  • Breckenridge's general-fund budget is $21 million.

    Colorado Ski Towns Scour Slopes for Cold Cash Ann Zimmerman 2011

  • That compares with the state's total general-fund spending of about $86 billion to $91 billion in recent years.

    Redevelopment Entities Dealt Blow in California Vauhini Vara 2011

  • Mr. Brown, a Democrat sworn in as governor last week, proposed an $84.6 billion general-fund budget that would rely on $12.5 billion of cuts — with higher education and health programs hit especially hard — and $12 billion of revenue from extending the higher taxes.

    California Governor Unveils Tight Spending Plan Stu Woo 2011

  • The $55.5 billion general-fund budget would reduce current state aid to municipalities by 25% in the first year and an additional 25% in the second.

    Ohio Governor Poses Steep Cuts to Trim Deficit Amy Merrick 2011

  • Mr. Brown proposed cutting a combined $1 billion from the University of California and California State University systems, which had a combined $5.6 billion general-fund budget last year.

    California Governor Unveils Tight Spending Plan Stu Woo 2011

  • It also includes changes meant to create a stronger "rainy day fund" that the state could draw on in hard times, by increasing the size of the fund from 5% to 10% of general-fund revenue, restricting the use of the funds and creating a formula for putting higher-than-expected revenue for a given year into the fund.

    California Budget Plan Incorporates Governor's Priorities Vauhini Vara 2010

  • Those public-safety workers whose pay and benefits make up more than 70% of the city's general-fund budget of about $65 million this fiscal year, took a big hit from the bankruptcy.

    Long Road Out of Bankruptcy Bobby White 2011

  • From the City Journal his January, after two years of trying, Illinois governor Pat Quinn finally got his state's legislature to pass a large, across-the-board tax hike that will raise over $7 billion per year, or more than 20 percent of the state's general-fund budget.

    Land of Delinquents Josh Barro 2011

  • We ran a post yesterday under Field Notes about how California's governor wants to tap into state fish-and - wildlife funds to rescue his general-fund budget.

    States vs. Sportsmen 2009

  • Today, lawmakers are scrambling to dig out of a hole that equals half of the general-fund budget of $26 billion.

    Illinois House Passes Tax Increase Lauren Etter 2011

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