They come at a time when districts face leaner budgets and there is a new emphasis on test scores in major subject areas.

And it faces tight budgets and reductions in county services probably for years.

At a time when our most critical social and economic assistance programs face increasingly tight budgets, we cannot afford, nor will we tolerate, such errors.

Public universities, especially, are finding it difficult to pay such costs while many are facing tightening budgets.

The debate has often been positioned between environmental concerns and rudimentary questions about whether recycling could ever be economically feasible to governments facing tight budgets.

"Our whole industry is facing flat or declining budgets," he said in a letter today to employees at the company's headquarters here.

Facing tight budgets, some agencies are turning to volunteers.

The fund aids seven charities that are facing tight budgets because of the recession and a decline in donations.

The 1970's were a troublesome period for utility companies, which faced rising fuel costs and escalating budgets for plant construction.

Many are facing tight budgets from legislatures.