The multiyear saga of dwindling state budgets has shown no sign of changing course, yet states still awarded about 2.5 percent more financial aid to students in 2010-11 than they did the previous year, according to a report released today. The National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs annually examines how states have distributed financial aid to students. This year's report, which looks at the 2010-11 academic year, found that states provided about $11 billion in aid that year, up from $10.8 billion the previous year. Frank Ballmann, director of federal relations for t...