
Pulled Over
January 05, 2006
Keywords:
Oregon, state, trooper, cut, budget, emergency, deficit, human, services-
News Item
Oregon State Troopers, who were in line to receive some emergency funding to restore 20 trooper positions eliminated by previous budget cuts, will not even be considered for emergency funding now that the Oregon Department of Human Services reports a $172 million budget deficit due largely to increased numbers of poor, elderly and disabled Oregonians becoming eligible for health care assistance.