Eleven weeks after Congress settled on a stimulus package that provided $135 billion to limit layoffs in state governments, many states are finding that the funds are not enough and are moving to lay off thousands of public employees.
Layoffs continue in Missouri, other states despite stimulus
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 6:30 p.m. CDT
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