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16 hours ago ago from Recession Realities in Higher Education
In a sharply worded response to the governor's latest request for agency budget cuts, University System Chancellor Dan Klaich said reductions at this time would be virtually impossible to make. “We are halfway through our fiscal year, thereby effectively doubling the effect of any suggested cut,” he wrote. “Contracts are executed for the year, class schedules are published, registration is largely complete and we have accepted students' fees. ...
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23 hours ago ago from Professing History
The Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons When I was an undergraduate at the University of San Francisco, I worked part-time at the public library. The San Francisco Public Library was always at-risk when the city budget was in play. Years later, when Proposition 13 crippled the California state budget, libraries around the state closed and finding a way to fund an entity that the politicians in Sacramento considered ...
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6 hours ago ago from In This Together CT
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22 hours ago ago from My School Committee Blog
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21 hours ago ago from Macleans OnCampus
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22 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
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5 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Okla. state leaders order 10 percent budget cuts OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma officials ordered budget cuts of 10 percent across state government on Tuesday, after revenue collections on a downward spiral fell short of projections for an eleventh consecutive month. So far in the fiscal year that began July 1, revenue collections are $717 million below the prior year's level - a drop of more than 28 percent. State Treasurer Scott Meacham ...
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27 minutes ago ago from Media General - WJBF.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This South Carolina To Cut State Budget By 5 Percent South Carolina To Cut State Budget By 5 Percent... The South Carolina Budget and Control Board voted Tuesday to cut the state budget by 5 percent, or roughly $238 million. The cuts will effect ...
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1 day ago ago from U.S. News
RI governor defends funding cuts to cities, towns PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Snow plowing may take longer, classrooms could become more crowded and fewer police officers may patrol Rhode Island if cities and towns are forced to absorb $125 million in funding cuts proposed by Gov. Don Carcieri to balance a tanking state budget. The Republican governor defended his proposal Tuesday to reduce state assistance to cities and towns as necessary ...
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23 hours ago ago from U.S. News
South Carolina board cutting state budget by 5 pct COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's high unemployment and slow tax collections are likely to put more people out of work or cut paychecks as the state's budget oversight board decided Tuesday to cut 5 percent from state budgets to keep the state's $5 billion spending plan balanced. The $238.2 million reduction ordered by the Budget and Control Board means across-the-board spending cuts, ...
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