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Oil plunge threatens schools, other services in producer states

From Alaska to Oklahoma, crowded classes, suspended art programs and longer school commutes give students and parents a taste of the downside of cheap gas as oil-producing states scramble to plug budget holes blown by tumbling crude prices.Spendi...

2310094+oil5.JPG — A pump jack is seen near sunflowers in Guthrie, Oklahoma in a September 15, 2015 file photo. From Alaska to Oklahoma, oil-producing states are scrambling to plug holes blown in their budgets by tumbling crude prices. Spending on education, prisons, healthcare and other services are being cut in half a dozen or so states that have relied on oil taxes for a big chunk of their revenues and most did not factor prices plunging as far as $30 a barrel in their plans. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/Files

By Reuters Media

February 08, 2016 at 9:45 AM

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