“Heads Up!” Furlough Plan Dominates Talk on Budget

"Motorists might face slightly longer lines at DMV offices, or at highway tolls," Rick Karlin writes in the Albany Times Union, but Gov. Paterson's plan for state workers to take a furlough day each week as budget negotiations drag on " also appears to be designed to avoid major disruptions."

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