The ink was barely dry yesterday on a Merrimack County Superior Court decision making it illegal to withdraw more from paychecks of veteran public employees to support their pensions before talk of a possible appeal began.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled that a law changing the contribution that state employees make to their pension funds is unconstitutional.

Georgia would spend about $18.6 billion in state money this year -- an increase of nearly $255 million over what was originally planned -- under a midyear budget House members passed Friday.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday expanding the state's ability to borrow from dedicated funds to cover day-to-day expenses.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest public pension in the U.S. with $230 billion of assets, agreed last month to allow the state to delay making a $527 million payment until April to cover state worker benefits.

There are multiple proposals onthe table in Tennessee to lower the state's sales tax.

Washington state House Republicans on Thursday released a proposed education budget they say would preserve the 180-day school year while cutting efforts to combat bullying and enforce civil rights.

Illinois currently has an $85 billion long-term public pension shortfall and a roughly $500 million operating budget deficit, despite last year's 67 percent income tax hike.

Texas' health and education commissioners warn of problems ahead for Medicaid and school funding.

Before the ink dried on Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature making Indiana the 23rd "right to work" state in the nation, advocates on both sides were looking ahead to how the new law will affect Hoosiers.