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ArchivesLegislature Approves Benson Budget CutsBy Josh Rogers on Thursday, March 25, 2004.Two executive orders trim current state spending by 4.4 million dollars. The orders come as the state faces a budget shortfall that is expected to reach more than 6 million dollars by July. listen:
 Laid-Off Jac-Pac Workers Search for WorkBy Raquel Maria Dillon on Thursday, March 25, 2004.It's been seven weeks since the Jac-Pac plant in Manchester closed and left 550 workers unemployed. The state Employment Security Department could not absorb this vulnerable population of mostly immigrant workers. So state officials got a federal emergency grant worth 2.4 million dollars to boost their unemployment services. In a matter of weeks, a new job training and placement center opened downtown. It will stay open for the next two years, or as long as workers need it. As New Hampshire Public Radio's Raquel Maria Dillon reports, the former Jac-Pac workers who gather there are desperate to start working again soon. listen:
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