Budget
Party-Line Vote OKs House Finance Budget Plan, Eliminates Hundreds of DHHS Jobs
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The current House budget plan will eliminate hundreds of positions in the Department of Health and Human Services to save $50 million over two years, add $11 million to level fund the university and community college systems, eliminate state water treatment grants, and use $100 million in general fund money to replace the same amount of money collected by statewide education property tax for one year.