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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday signedc a second interim budget to continue state operationz from Wednesday throughJuly 14. The new interim budger comes after a first one was put in placer to cover operations fromJuly 1, the firstt day of the new two-year budget through Tuesday. The seven-day interim budget comexs as Strickland and state Senatew Republicans remain at an impasse overthe governor’es proposal to generate an estimated $933 million over two yeares by installing video slot machines at seveh horse racing tracks in Ohio. That’s part of a larger effortf to pluga $3.
2 billion budget hole that remain s to be closed as both sidese hurl accusations of partisan power-playing. Strickland has said he’sx reluctantly signing the interim budgets and raised questions Tuesda y afternoon about putting a third interi m spending planin “I’m not sure we can continue to fund Strickland said, telling reporters the state is widening its budget gap by an estimated $13.8 million a week under the interik budgets.
The interim budgets generally provide servicea tied tothe state’z General Revenue Fund with an allocation at aboutt 70 percent of last year’s funding which legislators have said is roughly in line with proposedf cuts under the new budget. That funding Strickland said, also sends money to service s that will either be reduced or eliminatef under a revisedbudget framework. Senatr President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, on Tuesday offered up a to take the slot proposal before voters in November through a constitutionak amendment but Strickland rejectedthe idea.