And most were uncertain about their fates amid the budget deadlock.

But some business executives and financial analysts are still worried that matters could get worse if the budget deadlock continues.

Underlying the budget deadlock is a fundamental disagreement about how much money the state will have to spend.

Democrats and Republicans spent the day blaming each other for a budget deadlock.

As the current budget deadlock illustrates, ours is a system riddled with interest groups and resistant to change.

Albany, you may have noticed, has slipped into its familiar political coma thanks to the budget deadlock.

As summer began, the Capitol was mired in its annual budget deadlock.

The states' problem is an example of the widening impact of Washington's budget deadlock.

But it is hard to tell how much the budget deadlock is affecting the market.

Party lines were further blurred during the budget deadlock as every alternative rose or fell on bipartisan votes.