Daniels cuts state spending

Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette

nkelly@jg.net

INDIANAPOLIS - Higher-education cuts, a salary freeze for state employees and across-the-board reductions in agency budgets are just three actions Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered Thursday to close a $763 million budget gap in the next six months.

"We will adjust our spending to preserve a balanced budget in the state of Indiana," he said. "These are only the first and hardly the last of the hard decisions that need to be made."