Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma -- what to do with all the money in places where an improving economy has suddenly created a surplus in revenue?

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