Under the pressure of declining state aid, a tough economy and difficult choices about what to pay for, Minnesota's cities, schools and counties raised the burden on property taxpayers in 2012 by more than $300 million.
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.
