State budgets axed by housing downturn

Florida, Rhode Island hurting for tax revenue
Business Week reports that at least 29 states and Washington, D.C., have budget shortfalls for the 2009 fiscal year that total $48 billion, and that some state and local governments that "were flush with tax revenue during the five-year housing boom" are now scraping for revenue with the housing downturn.

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