Even with state agency budgets being tight, there is another impeding round of budget cuts. Subcommittees of the House Ways and Means Committee are hearing from agencies on how they stand and what they might be able to cut.
Department of Public Safety Director Mark Keel says he and all agencies were told by House officials to prepare budget options to handle cuts to his agency of up to 15 percent. Keel will address lawmakers during a budget hearing Tuesday. He says his agency has been cut 36 percent or $31 million over the past three years.
The Department of Public Safety includes the Highway Patrol. Keel says so far, there haven’t been any major cuts to the workforce of state troopers. But he says the staff hasn’t grown any, either.
(Keel on DPS budget PM3 2:04)
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