With no veto override, UAS chancellor expects layoffs at Southeast campuses

A scale model of the humpback whale sculpture at the University of Alaska Southeast campus, Aug. 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
The vote to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s line-item vetoes fell short again Thursday in Juneau. With more than a third of legislators absent, there was little suspense, but University of Alaska Southeast student India Busby said that didn’t make the news any easier.
“I mean, I knew that it was going to fail, which I hate. I hate that. I feel in