Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 ax 48 axed 47 cuts 47 cutbacks 45 layoffs 44 jeopardy 41 axing 41 belt tightening 41 furloughs 41 eliminated 41 pink slips 40 hiring freeze 40 furloughed 40 budget shortfalls 40 budget 40 Cuts 39 elimination 37 furlough 37 budget shortfall 36 shuttering 36 unfilled 36 funding 36 cut 35 Layoffs 35 slashed 35 cutting 34 crosshairs 34 imperiled 34 reassigned 34 trimming 34 downsized 33 downsizing 33 earmarked 33 lay offs 33 shuttered 33 declining enrollment 33 appropriations 33 burner 32 radar screen 32 financially strapped 32 reductions 32 rehired 32 dire straits 32 cutback 32 chop 32 spared 32 budgetary 31 unfunded 31 fate 31 consolidations 31 eliminations 31 cash strapped 31 budgets 31 Appropriations Committee 31 extracurricular 31 trimmed 30 slash 30 whack 30 teetering 30 privatizing 30 closure 30 vetoes 30 gutting 29 endangered 29 financially troubled 29 trims 29 finishing touches 29 redundancies 29 shortfall 29 appropriation 29 closings 29 budgeted 29 Head Start 29 verge 29 rehire 29 pare 28 millage 28 purview 28 whacked 28 slashing 28 shutdown 28 extinction 28 taxpayer dollars 28 closures 28 brink 28 veto 27 extracurricular activities 27 limbo 27 Appropriations 27 taxpayers 27 downsize 27 saving grace 27 crunch 27 fiscally responsible 27 payroll 27 discretionary spending 27 Cutting 27 heavily dependent 27 reshuffling 27 developmentally disabled 27 House Appropriations Committee