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Preventing The Buyout

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Posted on May 15, 2008 - 4:50pm at Post Politics
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Rep. Mike Turner offers an alternative to Governor Bredesen’s solution to the budget shortfall:

State Rep. Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory) is pushing a $100 million budget amendment to prevent layoffs of state employees for one year.

As part of $468 million in cuts to next year’s budget, Gov. Phil Bredesen is proposing cutting 2,011 state jobs through voluntary buyouts.

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