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UW Students Organize Against Budget Cuts
3 hours ago ago from Publicola
When Governor Christine Gregoire released her all-cuts budget on Wednesday , it was no surprise that it included cuts to higher education. However, the level of cuts—$20.9 million from the University of Washington and $146.4 million for the state Need Grant, which provides education funding to more than 12,000 students—are alarming, even to the pessimists. Couple these proposed cuts with the 25 percent cut in state funding from last ...
Related contentState revenue down $37 million; deeper budget cuts not needed this year Iowa Independent
3 hours ago ago from Iowa Independent
Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow us on Twitter Home Agriculture Campaigns Civil Rights Economy Environment State Government Blog View All Send a News Tip State revenue down $37 million; deeper budget cuts not needed this year By Jason Hancock 12/11/09 2:41 PM A panel of experts announced Friday that Iowa's revenue would once again shrink this fiscal year, but additional layoffs, furloughs or program cuts will not ...
Related contentGranholm delays school aid reduction
11 hours ago ago from Michigan Messenger
Gov. Jennifer Granholm decided to delay a $127 per pupil cut to K-12 funding that she ordered in addition to the $165 per pupil cut that was passed by the state legislature in October. She ordered the additional cuts because there was a $100 million unfunded mandate in the education funding bill and the Treasury Department were forecasting lower revenues than originally expected. But now the governor says that revenues have been better ...
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15 hours ago ago from Madville Times
While South Dakota Apparently skates by with spending freezes and stimulus money, rookie Utah Governor Gary Herbert is biting the budget bullet and ordering his state agencies to make immediate 3% cuts in their spending . Potentially on the chopping block: 942 state jobs, on top of nearly 2000 already made this year K-12 teachers (meaning more kids per classroom) university enrollment (imagine our Board of Regents telling SDSU and the other ...
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3 hours ago ago from Petunias
The MBTA has been in the news most of this year due to financial woes : The transit system, already heavily in debt, spends almost all of its $500 million capital budget every year on projects designed to maintain the system and the purchase of replacement train and bus fleets, yet still finds its $3 billion backlog of projects growing. Governor Deval Patrick ordered a review , which found: Legislation implemented in July 2000 ...
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Expect budget pains for education in Virginia
19 hours ago ago from Media General - TriCities.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Expect budget pains for education in Virginia By Bristol Herald Courier Editorial Board Published: December 11, 2009 Updated: December 2009 The day of financial reckoning is upon us. In fact, expect it to arrive next Friday when Virginia Gov. Tim ...
Related contentPa. House puts off debate on casino-expansion bill
10 hours ago ago from PopEater
HARRISBURG, Pa. -Plans collapsed Thursday for a vote in the state House of Representatives on a bill to expand legalized casino gambling in Pennsylvania and deliver more tax revenue to the cash-strapped state. With legislative approval of more than $700 million for several universities tied to passage of the bill, partisan finger-pointing erupted. Meanwhile, the state's largest university, Penn State, warned that school operations were ...
Related contentAlabama schools spend savings to stay open
8 hours ago ago from PopEater
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -Alabama's public schools spent nearly $222 million more than they received in revenues in the last fiscal year, which required raiding their savings accounts and borrowing money to keep doors open and teachers paid during the recession. State Superintendent of Education Joe Morton called what happened "an economic tsunami" and he's fearful the 2010-2011 school year will be "the most difficult yet." State education officials ...
Related contentUtah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget
3 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Utah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's proposed $11.3 billion budget doesn't include any tax increases, but he isn't promising to veto a budget that includes them. Herbert released his budget recommendations Friday, saying an economic recession is the worst time to raise taxes or fees that could stunt economic development as the state tries to crawl out of one of its worst-ever ...
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