Plans released today by the governor’s office show the directors of executive branch agencies propose cutting 1,321 jobs in state government. There would be an estimated 791 state worker layoffs and another 529 positions which are currently open would be eliminated. The plans were released today in response to Governor Chet Culver’s call for a 10% across the board budget cut to meet a shortage in the state budget.
Two-thirds of the job cuts, or 777, are in the Department of Corrections. That includes 262 positions which are currently vacant. The governor says he wants to find a way to “mitigate” the impact on the state’s prison system.
