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University Regents Defy Governor's Budget Cuts

Published August 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM PDT

Regent James Dean Leavitt, Dist 13, Clark County, NV Board of Regents

Regent Ron Knecht, Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County and part of Washoe County, NV Board of Regents

...on their decision to increase their funding by 9.5% and to defy the governor's call for state agencies to reduce their budgets for 2009-2011 by 14% in these tough economic times.

Links

  • DRI: Ice Core study reveals potentially harmful heavy metal legacy
  • LV Sun: Gibbons finally answers Rogers' memos
  • LVRJ: Regents snub call for cuts
  • New Yorker: What Ails Us
  • NV System of Higher Ed
  • "The Moontrane" by Larry Young ("Unity")
  • "Now's The Time" by Don Patterson ("Boppin' and Burnin'")
  • "Down in the Valley" by Jack McDuff ("A Change is Gonna Come")

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