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To survive financial storm of virus, states turn to Congress

by Associated Press
| July 21, 2020 12:03 AM

State governments trying to weather the financial storm brought on by the coronavirus are borrowing billions of dollars and desperately trying to slash costs by furloughing workers, delaying construction projects, cutting aid to schools and even closing highway rest areas.

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