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PHOTO: TEXAS – Houston’s Prop B results in layoffs: Mayor Turner released the year timeline of Houston’s implementation of Prop B [1]. The plan projects 400-500 firefighters and municipal personal will be laid off over several months. Prop B was voted for in the 2018 midterms with the goal of raising the pay of firefighters to the pay of police officers. Those against the change warned it would be too expensive as it did not lay out a funding source. The Houston Professional Fire Fighters Union is asking to implement the raise over three and a half years with no layoffs while Turner wants a five-year implementation. Photo courtesy of Alvaro ‘Al’ Ortiz and Houston Public Media.