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Agency cuts, cash funds part of Neb. budget plan
Published Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 06:32 PM
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Many state agencies would face 2 percent budget cuts, but several key services _ including the Nebraska State Patrol and centers that care for mentally disabled people _ might be spared. The Legislature's budget-writing Appropriations Committee tentatively signed off on the plan Tuesday. Changes are needed because the state faces a roughly $45 million budget hole in the current, two-year budget. The hole is created because state tax revenue has been lower than projected and spending on K-12 schools is growing. Besides agency budget cuts, the plan to fill the budget gap includes tapping a couple cash funds and taking $3 million from the state's rainy-day fund. And the state expects to receive more federal stimulus dollars than originally expected. ____

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