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[b]Pa. Budget Impasse Looms[/b]Pennsylvanians will be unable to take driver's license tests, state-run museums will be shuttered and casinos will have to stop taking bets Monday unless an 11th-hour breakthrough over the budget stalemate averts a partial government shutdown. If Sunday ends without a compromise between Gov. Ed Rendell and the Legislature, 24,000 state workers whose jobs are not deemed to be essential to health and safety will be furloughed without pay at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Critical services -- such as health care, state police patrols and prisons -- will be maintained. [snip]

A new Zogby Poll was released this week (8/30/06) showing once again that Lynn Swann is closing the gap with Ed Rendell. Rendell 48.4% Swann 43.5% This is a 3-point improvement over the last Zogby poll, released in mid-July, which showed Lynn 7-points down. To read more about the most recent poll, click here. As Zogby International notes on their research material, Zogby International was the most accurate polling firm of the 2004 Presidential election cycle. Not only did they most accurately predict the outcome of the Presidential election, they also accurately predicted the winner in 85% of the states...