Budget writers looking at significant cut to Health Department funding
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2012
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JACKSON — Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million — the lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million. That recommendation comes at a time when the state ranks first in the nation for adult obesity, teen birth [...] [...]
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