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Monday, November 16, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - More on "State government began laying off employees today in order to cut costs"
Updating this ILB entry from Friday the 13th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press has a story headed "Layoffs part of state's effort to trim budget." From the story:
Meanwhile, Indiana is dipping into a wide range of state funds, including several devoted to improving or protecting the environment and natural resources.The AP has a longer story headed "State environment funds feel pinch of budget cuts."Twenty-three dedicated funds are on an initial list that Daniels' administration expects to tap to combat the revenue shortfall — and a quarter of those have missions related to the state's environment or natural resources.
Those include funds that promote recycling, help remove invasive aquatic plants clogging some of the state's lakes and support efforts to redevelop old industrial sites.
State Budget Director Chris Ruhl said environmental groups aren't being targeted and that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management maintains more such funds than most other agencies.
"Its target list is larger than other agencies, and frankly, IDEM has a lot of funds where there's excess or surplus monies," he said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 16, 2009 12:36 PM
Posted to Environment | Indiana Government