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October 16, 2010
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State agencies ask for $8.3B

State agencies have requested a total of $8.3 billion in funding for the coming biennium - a nearly $2 billion increase over the general fund budget approved by the 2009 Legislature.The biggest increases in the agency requests released Friday come from the two largest consumers of general fund money: education and human services.Public schools requested a 32-percent increase in funding for the coming biennium, which would raise their share of the total general fund from $2.5 billion this budget cycle to $3.3 billion. The university system is seeking a 25 percent increase from $954 million to $1.19 billion.Health and Human …

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