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| Minn. budget would shed state jobs |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/30/2009 |
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MINNESOTA - Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget proposal would cut the equivalent of more than 1,100 full-time state employees by mid-2011, an Associated Press analysis has found. The projections are detailed in hundreds of pages of agency budget overviews posted by Minnesota Management and Budget. They can't be translated directly into job cuts because the figures include overtime, on-call pay and part-time, seasonal and temporary work. Even so, the figures show a trend toward lighter payrolls at Minnesota's largest single employer — state government — as unemployment swells. The budget shows the biggest staffing reductions in the state courts, Human Services Department and Revenue Department. The Republican governor's budget is only a blueprint, and months of negotiations with the Democrats who control the Legislature lie ahead. But their options are limited by a $4.8 billion deficit that will likely get bigger before they're done, and no one has ruled out state layoffs. "Any cut means fewer people — there's just no way around that," said John Kostouros, spokesman for the state court system. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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