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Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2009 01:28 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:19
These cuts are being done in a way that provides maximum flexibility. What’s more, the cuts aren’t the only solution being utilized – special funds are also being swept up to emphasize needs vs. wants. From the AZDailySun.com:
Republican legislative leaders crafted a deal late Wednesday that will cut more than $600 million in state spending.
The package, worked out largely behind closed doors, includes taking more than $141 million from the state’s three universities. While that is more than the $100 million the schools offered in immediate cuts, it is far less than the more than $240 million in spending reductions and fund sweeps suggested just this past week as options by the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees.