Cash-strapped states cut everything, except the grass

McClatchy reports:

Cash-strapped cities are having to dig deep to come up with funds to do jobs that have been cut out of state budgets — like cutting grass along roads.

The Illinois Department of Transportation told cities that it will only be able to afford to mow the grass along interstates and state highways twice this summer, according to O'Fallon Finance Director Dean Rich.

Either local governments mow the grass or the doorsteps of their community become unsightly messes.