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| State prison system targeted for cuts |
| By The Columbus Dispatch |
| Published: 02/01/2008 |
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OHIO - State services will be cut, workers laid off and two mental hospitals closed as part of a host of budget moves that Gov. Ted Strickland rolled out yesterday in response to a souring economy. Strickland outlined more than $733 million in spending cuts and other reductions -- partly offset by $73 million from a state-lottery expansion -- to plug a projected budget shortfall in the next 17 months. The cuts will include early retirements, buyouts, attrition and layoffs involving up to 2,700 of state government's 60,000-plus workers, as well as the closing of mental hospitals in Cambridge and Dayton. The governor vowed to protect critical services and will preserve such administration priorities as health-care coverage for children, school funding, services to low-income families and a freeze on higher-education tuition. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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