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James Cooper, Fiscal Times

The Worst May Be Over, But Big Challenges Remain For State Budgets

By James Cooper, Fiscal Times May 3, 2010 KFF Health News Original

With an improving economy and help from the federal government, the worst of the fiscal bloodbath for state governments seems to be over. But the next couple of years still will be challenging and the long-run outlook for state budgets is shaping up to be even tougher.

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