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Lingle Continues to Whittle at State Spending
By Bruce Dunford
Associated Press Writer

HONOLULU (AP) — The Lingle administration continued Wednesday to whittle away at current and future state spending to balance the two-year, $15.2 billion and state budget now before lawmakers without using the $184 million Hawai‘i Hurricane Relief Fund.

“In the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, cuts include over $1 million by delaying Parks Division hiring, reducing park maintenance, reducing funding for the pilot projects involving bottomfish and freezing hiring.”

2/5/03 Garden Island