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By Mike Sherman Montgomery Advertiser 9/12/2003 Gov. Bob Riley will ask lawmakers in a special session that will begin at noon Monday to expand the Pardons and Paroles Board to speed the release of 5,000-6,000 nonviolent offenders from state prisons and deeply cut other state agencies. In a Thursday news
conference, Finance Director Drayton Nabers and the heads of public safety
and public health agencies outlined budget cuts the governor will propose
after voters rejected a $1.2 billion tax and accountability package
Tuesday. The cuts would affect a broad range of services. Under the proposal, some state departments will be asked to cut budgets as much as 15 to 20 percent. The plan will mean fewer state troopers on the highways, cutbacks in nursing home care for the elderly and medical aid for low income residents, and fewer children provided health insurance. |
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