The governor also pledged $500 million in seed money to support the project.
In all, the governor has eliminated or pledged to cut 3,800 jobs.
The Governor pledged today that there would be "no new taxes" in his plan.
So far, the governors of 12 states have pledged to join the endeavor.
As he did in two other speeches last week, the governor pledged to fight against efforts to "tax our way back to fiscal health."
The Governor has pledged to do better this year.
The Governor and key lawmakers pledged to come up with $300 million for housing in the next fiscal year.
President Bush and the nation's governors have thus pledged to move Americans to the head of the class by the year 2000.
With the case dragging on, the governor of Mississippi last month pledged a new effort to resolve it.
He and the governor have pledged to make state government more accessible to the public and the press.