LOS ANGELES - With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, governors across the nation are struggling with a cascade of tough decisions about when and whether to step in with state funds to keep an ever-growing list of shuttered parks and programs operating until the deadlock is resolved. In South Dakota, Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, has pleaded, so far unsuccessfully, with the Interior Department for permission to use state funds to keep open the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a symbol of his state and one of its top tourist draws. In Colorado, Gov. John W. Hickenlooper, a Democrat, diverted state funds to keep the National Guard on the job, continuing its clean-up work after the floods that swept across his state last month. In Massachusetts, Thomas Weber, the state commissioner of early education and care, said the state would keep the Community Action Head Start program, serving 350 children, going for the next couple of weeks by advancing state funds from the group's existing grant.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/us/with-federal-wallet-closed-states-agonize-over-opening-their-own.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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