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| Controversial housing unit closure delayed |
| By The Ellsworth American |
| Published: 01/20/2009 |
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MAINE - The closure of a section of Charleston Correctional Facility and a reduction in state payments to hospitals were on a track toward being spared last week as legislative committees scrutinized spending cuts proposed by Gov. John Baldacci. The Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety chose to delay the controversial closure of a housing unit at Charleston Correctional Facility, opting instead for other reductions that save the same amount of money. The Health and Human Services Committee, meanwhile, spent much of last week wrestling with proposed cuts in funding for hospitals, but as of Friday had not reached consensus about what to do. Both of these changes — and the rest of the supplemental budget — faced the scrutiny of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, which aims to submit the revamped budget package to the full Legislature by Friday. The measure is necessary because of a $140 million revenue downturn that affects money already budgeted. Legislative leaders have said they aim to approve the budget package by the end of January so its effects can be spread over as long a time as possible. Sen. Peter Mills, R-Cornville, who is part of a subcommittee that has been focusing on the hospital funding issue, said Friday that he and other legislators needed the weekend to sort through “a number of options” that would avert funding cuts for small hospitals and hospitals that employ doctors. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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