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		<title>Rainy day funds explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 06:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<img src="http://www.westerncitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/umbrella-jameskendall.jpg" width="240" />
		</p><p>To an unusual degree, rainy day funds have become&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Congress to ink $26B check</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State education and Medicaid budgets hang in the balance of a U.S. House vote Tuesday. Western states set to haul in $879 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Economy takes mental toll</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2878/economy-takes-mental-health-toll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession is forcing states to make deep cuts in an already fragile public mental health system at the same time demand is bulging.]]></description>
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		<title>Are state lands in good hands?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stateline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western land rush stokes feeding frenzy of special interests — and promises of big money.]]></description>
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		<title>TABOR strikes again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three anti-tax ballot measures could gut Colorado public services.]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh air, new taxes in Wyoming</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2386/fresh-air-new-taxes-in-wyoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has wind energy finally arrived as legit if it gets taxed?]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Is it time to tax Internet sales?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: <a href="http://www.retailsystemsresearch.com/_document/summary/951">Retail Systems Research</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon KOs CO affiliates</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2440/amazon-kos-colorado-affiliates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online retailer and schoolyard bully Amazon.com knocks out its Colorado affiliates over a new Internet sales tax notification law.]]></description>
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		<title>Monumental follies</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2433/monumental-follies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RL Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Balking by Utah lawmakers over a proposal to set aside new monuments could spark another Sagebrush Rebellion. But at what cost?]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the squeeze on Big Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2366/the-squeeze-on-big-bird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cash-strapped public TV looks to cheaper broadband and a mobile future.]]></description>
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