States in Crisis: 40 US states are heading towards the financial toilet

More than 40 states are projecting billions of dollars in budget shortfalls for fiscal 2012.

But, unlike the federal government, most states have some sort of balanced-budget law. That means the shortfall -- the gap between state revenues (taxes, fees, etc.) and the cost of running the government -- must be closed before a state adopts its final budget for the year. Source

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