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Education official: Bill to save jobs

Obama administration officials were working Friday to secure the support of Maine’s two Republican senators for $26 billion in education and Medicaid aid to states expected to come up for a vote on Monday.

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Democrats decry education proposal (The Argus Leader)

PIERRE - Gov. Mike Rounds offered what he called a “basic needs budget” for next year, one that emphasizes more government spending on mandatory programs such as Medicaid while reducing funding to education and other discretionary programs

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Stumbo: Beshear’s budget plan spares education, Medicaid (Lexington Herald-Leader)

FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear’s plan to deal with a projected $996 million budget shortfall will not call for cutting higher education, the main funding formula for K-12 education and Medicaid, according to House Speaker Greg Stumbo.

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