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Cash-Strapped States Has New Challenges - 2004-01-04
Still coping with money worries, state lawmakers go back to work to deal with some tricky problems: Medicaid cuts, higher education funding, and whether to allow more gambling among them.

Finding solutions will be tough, and made that much harder by lawmakers keeping one eye on fall elections. Some states -- especially in the manufacturing-heavy Midwest -- are struggling with the same economic difficulties that saw higher taxes and widespread cuts the last three years.
Read the full story at Newsday

Antitax activist blasts 'giveaway' of Maryland gaming licenses - 2004-01-04
Jeffrey Hooke, an antitax activist from Tysons Corner, Virginia, has intiated research over the past year questioning what he calls the "giveaway" of gaming licenses potentially worth millions of dollars to a small group of Maryland racetrack owners, who he considers are politically connected.

Hooke’s studies have reportedly played an influential role in the political debate revolving around the value of a gaming license, whether video lottery terminals should be permitted only at racetracks, and whether gambling licenses should be open to competitive bidding.
Read the full story at Thoroughbred Times