Rendell projects 1,000 to 2,000 state job cuts

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Source: Pennlive.com

Gov. Ed Rendell today said the work to date on his 2009-10 budget cuts leaves him expecting between 1,000 and 2,000 job cuts across state government later this year.

The cuts, an administration spokesman later said, will come through a variety of program cuts as Rendell tries to close a projected $2 billion budget hole, and will likely be achieved through a mixture of attrition and layoffs.

Rendell, who first raised the likelihood of state job cuts last week but had refused to place a number on them, made his new projections during an appearance on Pittsburgh radio station KDKA.

The governor did not specify what agencies or programs the cuts will come in.

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Similar cuts are occurring in almost every state in the country.