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01/27/2011 11:13 am 0 comments

Source: Tami Luhby / CNN Money

New York – There will be lots more state workers joining the unemployment line this year.

Public employees are getting hit hard in the latest round of spending cuts as state officials look to close billion-dollar deficits. Governors across the nation are promising to eliminate thousands of positions and freeze or reduce salaries.

Texas lawmakers are proposing shedding 9,300 jobs, while Georgia’s governor said he’d erase 14,000 positions. New York’s governor is looking to lay off more than 10,000 workers and freeze salaries. And California’s and Nevada’s governors are proposing pay cuts of up to 10% and 5%, respectively.

Though state workers have suffered years of furloughs and downsizings, this year could prove to be the toughest yet. Federal stimulus money that kept many on the job is drying up, and some newly elected officials are bent on shrinking the role of the state.

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