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Indiana state agencies are implementing 10% budget cuts due to a grim revenue forecast.

Many agencies plan to reduce personnel costs by leaving vacant positions unfilled.

Some departments are seeking exemptions from the cuts, warning they could impact essential services.

Agencies are also re-evaluating contracts and bringing some services in-house to save money.

More of Indiana’s state agencies are earning approval for their mandatory expense-shrinking strategies — albeit with varying levels of enthusiasm.

Some have warned the effective 10% cuts could jeopardize statutorily required work, while others concluded their filings with cheery mantras.

“We realize that it is not about equal giving but equal sacrifice across our great state government agencies because we

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