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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Friday she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor amid speculation that she will seek the Republican party's nomination for president in 2012.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009, in this photo provided by The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman/ Robert DeBerry.

Seven U.S. states from California to Connecticut began the fiscal year today without spending plans in place as they battle over tax increases and other measures to balance budgets amid declining revenue.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Republican John McCain's vice presidential running mate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office.

The state budget approved by Gov. Haley Barbour this week includes record-high funding increases for education and health care, but he warned those are generous windfalls that will dry up in 2011.

Mississippi legislators are headed back to the capital tomorrow to try to hammer out a state budget.

Jul. 2--JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's health care community still hasn't found the secret to reducing the state's nation-leading obesity rate despite numerous legislative efforts and millions of dollars in funding, a top medical expert says.

Gov. Jan Brewer kept state government running but rejected funding levels for K-12 schools and said she was calling a special session next week to increase school funding.

The state Legislature toiled until midnight to pass budget bills to ensure state government began the new fiscal year today with money.

JACKSON, Miss. - Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed parts of Mississippi's overall $6 billion budget, including two provisions in a bill dealing with overtime pay for state troopers.

Democrats threw Republicans a curveball in Virginia last month when they nominated state Sen.

Legislators in more than a half-dozen states, their revenues evaporating in the recession, frantically worked to stave off government shutdowns and devastating service cuts.

Mark Sanford was totally going to be the next president, until he fell in love with Maria.

State lawmakers in a special legislative session are trying to finish budget work today to prevent some government services from stopping when the new fiscal year begins Wednesday.

In an interview with Republican Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour on Sunday, CBSa TMs Bob Schieffer wondered: "Do you think that Republicans now should sort of shift the emphasis, though, from stressing social and family values and shift to more a ' to economic issues and be a party of economic conservatives rather than putting so much emphasis on ...

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Nearing the Wednesday start of a new fiscal year, several states still are struggling to cover substantial budget gaps that will leave governors and legislators no choice but to cut spending and or raise taxes and fees.

Lawmakers return to the State Capitol today for a special session intended to prevent government services from stopping this week, but a long-term funding plan for Medicaid remains unresolved.

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A special session could be scheduled this weekend if lawmakers come to an agreement with Gov.