Recession's Shadow Still Hangs Over Finances of Some Counties

Route Fifty: Local government revenues for hundreds of counties around the U.S. have been slow to recover to pre-recession levels, according to a report published Tuesday.

National Association of Counties researchers looked at revenue and spending trends in 2,112 counties in 45 states and the District of Columbia. They found that by 2013 general revenues had not recovered to 2007 levels in about 46 percent of those counties, after adjusting for inflation.

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