Baldacci Orders Deep Spending Cuts ; His Executive Order Calls for Almost $80 Million in Belt- Tightening, with More to Come Next Month.

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Gov. John Baldacci signed an executive order Wednesday to cut spending by nearly $80 million to help close a shortfall in the $3 billion budget.

Of the $79.8 million, the deepest cuts are to the Department of Health and Human Services, which will lose $31 million, and to the Department of Education, which will lose $28 million.

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Baldacci Orders Deep Spending Cuts ; His Executive Order Calls for Almost $80 Million in Belt- Tightening, with More to Come Next Month.

"We're in a very difficult national recession," Baldacci said at a news conference at the State House. "All states are going through this. Maine is not immune."

Four workers at Health...

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