With the economic slump battering tax receipts, state budgets remain in dire shape and the pain may continue into fiscal years 2011 and 2012, according to preliminary findings from the National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers.
The groups on Nov. 12 released preliminary findings from their next biannual Fiscal Survey of the States, due out soon. Scott Pattison, executive director of the budget officers' group, says that for fiscal 2009 and 2010 "We are seeing the worst numbers and indicators that we've ever seen in terms of state fiscal conditions."