“’Now, not only are we getting screwed by the Republicans but the Democrats are doing it too,’ said one union official, characterizing the mood at a summit of labor leaders who are worried that Democrats seem unlikely to go to the mat for them as an election year approaches."
"’The rainy day funds worked as they were supposed to,’ says Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). ‘It rained. It stormed and poured. And most states used them. They get a lot of pats on the back — or should — for having used them.’"
The key word here is "most" states…
Update On H. 448!
VSEA President articulates the issue well in this piece!
"Now is a good time to begin studying prison health care, [Rep. Jason] Lorber said, because the state is already studying broader health care reform."