Montana Governor Schweitzer asks state executive branch agencies for 5 percent cuts – Governor’s Budget office gives raises to 14 people

With state tax collections falling far behind projections, Gov. Brian Schweitzer http://governor.mt.gov/ on Tuesday ordered state executive branch agencies to submit plans detailing how they would cut their general-fund budgets by 5 percent, if necessary.

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Budget office gives raises to 14 people

Fourteen employees in the governor’s budget office recently received pay raises ranging from 2 percent to 19 percent, despite a two-year pay freeze imposed on many state workers by the 2009 Legislature at Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s urging.

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