Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 82 budget shortfalls 80 shortfall 72 budget 65 shortfalls 64 biennium 62 unfunded liability 61 declining enrollment 61 deficit 60 budget deficits 55 budgetary 54 furloughs 52 tuition hikes 52 budgets 51 underfunding 51 hiring freeze 51 cutbacks 51 midyear 50 belt tightening 49 layoffs 49 deficits 48 Legislature 48 unfunded mandates 47 layoff notices 47 cuts 47 fiscal 46 overspending 45 furlough 45 budgeted 45 wage freeze 44 mill levy 44 funding 44 surplus 44 Rainy Day 44 economic downturn 43 appropriation 43 dropout rate 43 fiscally responsible 43 cash strapped 43 crunch 43 appropriations 42 fare hikes 42 overspend 42 unfunded 42 millage rate 42 gap 42 assessed valuation 42 tuition 41 budgeting 41 Budget 41 budgetary constraints 41 taxes 41 legislative session 41 expenditures 41 overcrowding 41 overspent 41 capital outlay 40 projected 40 crisis 40 cost overruns 40 recession 40 finances 40 financially strapped 40 coffers 39 legislators 39 wasteful spending 39 financial straits 39 underfunded 39 taxpayers 39 millage 39 red ink 38 Budgets 38 spending 38 downturn 38 deepening recession 38 Legislators 38 overruns 38 Medicaid 38 legislature 38 borrowing 38 tax 38 shortage 38 inequities 37 Budget Committee 37 impasse 37 chopping block 37 lawmakers 37 levy 37 imbalance 37 revenue 37 fiscally 37 payroll 36 unemployment rate 36 endowment 36 sticker shock 36 jobless rate 36 fiscally conservative 36 unpaid bills 36 Budgeting 36 caseloads 36 Finance Committee 36 salaries