For the past four years, U.S. states struggled to close morethan $500 billion of budget shortfalls caused by the recession,ushering in tax increases, spending cuts and clashes withpublic-employee unions.
With the economy recovering, officials gathering in Washingtontoday for the National Governors Association winter meeting arebeginning to face a welcome choice: how to spend extra money.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, whose state is rebounding withthe automobile industry, may use a possible $670 million surplus tohire state troopers whose ranks thinned during the past decade.Colorado may set more aside for education. New Jersey's ChrisChristie is seeking to cut taxes and bolster an underfundedpension.
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