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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Federal stimulus expected to prop up state budget, Herald Tribune

January 8, 2009
By Lloyd Dunkelberger


TALLAHASSEE - While state lawmakers moved ahead on cuts in critical health care services for the poor and elderly on Wednesday, they also said that relief might be on the way from Washington.

As part of their effort to resolve a $2.3 billion budget deficit in a two-week special session, House and Senate committees approved bills that would cut up to $259 million from health and social service programs for Florida's most vulnerable residents.

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