This really frosts my balls

[Shawnee123]

Concerns about the economy have overshadowed nearly every other issue in statehouses across the country, but most of the worst-case scenarios for higher education have been averted this year, thanks, in part, to the federal stimulus package. That law includes $40-billion, known as the "state fiscal-stabilization fund," meant specifically to shore up state spending on schools and public colleges

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Yep, refers to federal monies, to help community colleges in the future. Not related to current state deficits.

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Yep, state funding issues...temporarily averted by stimulus funds.

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I see nothing about roads being fixed that didn't need fixed.