http://okhenderson.com/2009/10/07/governors-news-conference/ Semi-official Blog of Radio Iowa Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://okhenderson.com/2009/10/07/governors-news-conference/#comment-860 Budget woes; Branstad impact on GOP field « Des Moines Register Staff Blogs | The Des Moines Register Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:12:21 +0000 http://okhenderson.com/?p=1681#comment-860 [...] The big event everyone’s waiting for today is Gov. Chet Culver’s news conference at 2 p.m. to announce what he’s going to do about the $415 million shortfall in this year’s budget.  He’ll first review a report this morning on how an across-the-board cut will impact over 250 separate line items in the budget.  He also said yesterday he’s not ruling out a special legislative session, although I’d consider that the least likely option. Culver’s strongly resisted the idea of calling lawmakers back up until now. The Register story is here. The Register editorial calls for an across-the-board cut. That’s here. Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson has a blow-by-blow account of Culver’s news conference, here. [...] [...] The big event everyone’s waiting for today is Gov. Chet Culver’s news conference at 2 p.m. to announce what he’s going to do about the $415 million shortfall in this year’s budget.  He’ll first review a report this morning on how an across-the-board cut will impact over 250 separate line items in the budget.  He also said yesterday he’s not ruling out a special legislative session, although I’d consider that the least likely option. Culver’s strongly resisted the idea of calling lawmakers back up until now. The Register story is here. The Register editorial calls for an across-the-board cut. That’s here. Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson has a blow-by-blow account of Culver’s news conference, here. [...]

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