Lawmakers recommend more cuts to University budget

The House Finance University of Alaska Subcommittee recommends cutting $35 million from the university’s budget for the upcoming year.
Jim Johnsen, University of Alaska president. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
Combined with Governor Bill Walker’s proposed $15 million cut, the university would lose one in seven dollars in state funding.
The subcommittee also voted to support consolidating the university’s three campus administrations by the end of the year.
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