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Related: About this forumTexas Gov. Greg Abbott instructs state agencies to trim budgets by 5% to prepare for "economic shock
by Cassandra Pollock, Texas TribuneTexas top Republican leaders on Wednesday asked state agencies and higher education institutions to submit a plan identifying savings to reduce their budgets by 5% for the current biennium an attempt to tighten financial belts amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Those entities, according to a May 20 letter from Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, have until June 15 to submit their plans to the Legislative Budget Board and the governors office.
The letter also identified a number of agencies that are exempted from the 5% reduction given the importance of the states response to COVID-19 and the continuity of critical government functions. Among those agencies: The Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Military Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The letter also says that funding for Child Protective Services and for behavioral health service programs is also exempted from the request for reductions.
"We are confident that Texas will get back to work and continue leading the nation in job growth, economic innovation, and business creation," the letter from the three officials reads. "However, it will take months until we know the true extent of the economic ramifications of COVID-19, and how combating this virus will impact state finances. To prepare for this economic shock, we must take action today to ensure that the state can continue providing the essential government services that Texans expect."
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/20/texas-greg-abbott-budget-cut-coronavirus/
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott instructs state agencies to trim budgets by 5% to prepare for "economic shock (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
May 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. I really have a bad feeling . . .
I'm reading about infection spikes
Hassler
(3,393 posts)2. I wonder when Moscow Mitch is going to realize Red States
Aren't escaping the economic disaster.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)3. States should sue the federal government for the loss they've incurred
Because of his negligence. Just suggesting that should make think about his threats.