Daily Budget News 3/6

NYT: 651,000 Jobs Reported Lost in February

Newsday: NY unemployment rate 7 percent in January

TU: Area's jobless rate surges to 7.1 percent

Business First: Buffalo unemployment rate soars to 9%

Democrat and Chronicle: Economist says upstate is dealing with recession better than New York City

NYT: In Senate, Republicans Block Spending Measure

Washington Post: Homeowner Rescue Bill Passes House

Daily News: President Obama seeks to heal country's healthcare, insurance industries; sweeping reform can't wait

Newsday: Stimulus plan complicates state's economic moves

Press & Sun-Bulletin: N.Y. lawmakers defend pet projects in federal bill

1010 Wins: Thousands Protest New York Budget Cuts

WXXI: Budget Plans Due, Support for Tax Hike Grows

Press & Sun-Bulletin: State Senate Republicans propose cuts worth $1.3B

CBS: Paterson announces task force to study public retiree health benefits

FMAP: Council "shocked" about state shortchanging city on stimulus medicaid cash

Reuters: US states can divert stimulus aid for Medicaid--NY

NYT: Paterson Draws Fire in Shift on Emissions

Downtown Express: Silver says bridge tolls are a lesser evil

NYT: Senate Majority Courts G.O.P. on Transit Plan

Observer: On the Air Against the Bottle Bill

NY Post: GOV: I'LL TAKE 10% PAY CUT

Newsday: Skelos opposes pay cut for lawmakers

Democrat & Chronicle: Paterson releases initial $30M for Midtown

WHAM: Governor Paterson: Midtown Project is "Too Big to Fail"

Niagara Gazette: NYPA: Paterson defends state ‘sweep’

Times Herald-Record: State Republicans claim politics blocking member items

TU: Obama approves disaster aid for Capital Region, more counties

NYT: Big Landlord Found to Have Wrongly Raised Rents

AP: WTC owners: Ground zero brings 26K new jobs to NYC

TU: CDPHP agrees to pay up benefits

NY Post: MIKE PULLS COUNCIL MONEY FOR GROUPS

NY Post: GRANTS KEEP EX-POL IN 'OFFICE'

Daily News: Potty poopers! City plan for pay toilet stalled

Herald Community Newspaper: L.I. calls for its 'fair share' of school aid

WHAM: Time to Split New York into Two States?

CNN (opinion): Commentary: Throwing billions at schools won't fix them

LI Business News (opinion): Rabinowitz: Regional thinking is needed
Newsday (editorial): Homeowner helper

NYT (editorial): Helping the House Poor

TU (editorial): N.Y.'s chance for drug reform

Post-Standard (editorial): No Excuses: Extra revenue is not a pretext for undisciplined spending

Journal News (editorial): He's still swinging