States cut programs that help the poor cool their homes

Friday, July 22, 2011 | 11:31 a.m. CDT; updated 4:10 p.m. CDT, Thursday, September 22, 2011

Editor's note: This story is the latest installment in a joint initiative by The Associated Press and Associated Press Managing Editors on the fiscal crisis facing U.S. states and cities, how state and local governments are dealing with severe budget cuts and how American lives will change because of it. 

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