Daily Budget News 2/27

Bloomberg: Economy in U.S. Probably Shrank More Than Previously Estimated

Bloomberg: U.S. January Private Mortgage Insurance Defaults Rose

Daily News: $3,500,000,000,000! President Obama unveils $3.5 trillion budget

NYT: $250 Billion Loss Possible in Banking Bailout

NYT: Obama Plans Major Shifts in Spending

Daily News: Obama budget impact: It's like Christmas in February for New York

WNYC: NYC to Receive $841 Million in Extra Food Stamps

PoJo: NY Congress delegation goes to bat for Marine One

WNYC: Paterson on NY Stimulus: Speed Over Accuracy

Reuters: Obama budget plan forecasts soaring deficits

Bloomberg: U.S. Treasury Is Said to Work on Aid Plan for Auto Suppliers

NY Post: BIG BIZ GANGS UP ON 'MILLIONAIRE'S TAX' PLAN

Daily News: Albany's Sheldon Silver leans toward okaying tolls to cross East River

NY Observer: Now Open to Bridge Tolls, Silver Earns Praise

Journal News: Skelos To Dems: Repeal Taxes In 2008-09 Budget

NY1: Alec Baldwin Calls on Governor To Extend Tax Credit

NY Post: FILMMAKERS TO GOV: ROLL CREDIT$

Daily News: New York Lottery axes $1.4M in scholarships after taking in $7.5 billion in 2008

Business Review: DiNapoli: IDAs’ costs up, borrowing up, job creation down

Daily News: Attorney General Cuomo probing political links to state pension business

NYT: Auditors Peer Into Finances of New York Schools Statewide

WNYC: Protesters: Don't Take a Bite Out of Free Dentist Program

WNYC: City Security Guards Get Back Pay After WNYC Investigation

NY Daily News (editorial): Silver minds the gap: Assembly speaker shows guts in backing bridge tolls to save mass transit

NY Post (editorial): SILVER STEPS UP

NYT (editorial): A Smart Way to Help Commuters

Newsday (editorial): Slow down this train

PoJo (editorial): MTA rescue involves misdirected pain

TU (editorial): Stimulus or not, fix the budget

Buffalo News (editorial): Support neighborhoods plan

Post-Standard (editorial): Sticker Shock: PSC must do more to protect utility customers