Daily Budget New 2/6

Bloomberg: U.S. Jobless Rate Probably Rose to 16-Year High, Payrolls Fell

FT: GE chief warns on US depression threat

Bloomberg: Gross Says U.S. Must Spend to Avoid Mini Depression

AP: Obama warns of need for stimulus bill right away

Wall Street Journal: Emergency Aid May Not Stop Layoffs of Teachers

NYT: Bipartisan Push to Trim Size of Stimulus Plan

NYT: Stimulus Plan Has $1 Billion to Hire More Local Police

WNYC: Stimulus Bill Brings Windfall to a Troubled Transit Project

WNYC: Balance Sought Between Energy Efficiency and Profit

NYT: New York Expects More Federal Housing Aid to Help Fix Elevators

Hatford Courant: Conn., New York, New Jersey to receive $22 million

NY Post: HOME LOAN ASSIST

MSNBC: More potential state budget cuts

Capital News 9: New York leaders still figuring out state budget

NY Observer: Bridge to Everywhere: Despite the Recession, It's Boom Time for N.Y. Officials

1010 Wins: Bloomberg Wary of Executive Bonus Caps

Daily News: N.Y.C. so costly you need to earn six figures to make middle class

NY Post: CITY JOBLESS RATE MAY HIT CRIPPLING 10.5%

Press & Sun-Bulletin: Lawmakers eye 'fairer' tax system

Post-Standard: Health care costs will rise with state's budget cuts

NYT: Budget Cuts Imperil Guardian Program for Elderly and Disabled

NFIB: New York budget plan irks small upstate businesses

PoJo: State employee: Job but no work

NY Post: 'CUT!' & RUN LOOMS

Stamford Advocate: Rell wants to cap tax credits for film companies

AP: Furlough Fridays begin for Calif. state workers

Downtown Express: Ward says no to a watchman for the Port

Newsday (opinion): Comptroller: New York needs Wall St. to swim

LI Business News (opinion): Gerold: Bad cuts

Buffalo News (opinion): Educational cuts will make fiscal outlook worse

NYT (editorial): The Taxing of Broadway

NY Post (editorial): TIME TO GET TOUGH

Buffalo News (editorial): Albany avoids real change

PoJo (editorial): BOCES makes proper vote call

Newsday (editorial): Catharsis in pay cap