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| Governor recommends transfers, closings |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/29/2009 |
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COLORADO - Warning that Colorado faces a $1 billion budget shortfall through next year, Gov. Bill Ritter recommended that the state close two prisons, cut education funding and slash 500 state jobs. Todd Saliman, Ritter's budget director, told lawmakers Tuesday that Colorado cannot rely on a federal stimulus package. "It's a dramatic situation we're faced with, and this package proposes some dramatic action. There will be pain and it will be felt by many citizens of the state who rely on state services. There is just no way to avoid that," Saliman told the Joint Budget Committee, which sets state spending priorities. Ritter recommended that the state close the Colorado Women's Correctional Facility in Canon City and the Rifle Correctional Center in Rifle and move the 400 inmates to other prisons. Ritter wants to close a mental health clinic affiliated with the state mental hospital in Pueblo, but not the main hospital itself. He also wants to close a small child-care residence hospital at Fort Logan. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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