Tag: budget cuts
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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$4 million budget deficit cuts underway for UCCS, with tuition increase coming for fall
There were no surprises Friday at the University of Colorado Board of Regents’ budget hearing for the fiscal year that begins July 1, as the Colorado Springs campus presented its projections for a $4 million deficit and reduction strategies to balance the upcoming budget. “It was cut-and-dried,” said UCCS spokesman Chris Valentine. A 9.4% state…
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Joint Budget Committee cuts $724 million from K-12 in final attempt to balance the 2020-21 budget
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With time running out to find the money to balance the 2020-21 budget, the Joint Budget Committee Thursday took their biggest cut of all: $724 million from K-12 education. The vote was unanimous and painful. For nearly three weeks, the JBC has been trying to…
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Joint Budget Committee cuts $724 million from K-12 in final attempt to balance the 2020-21 budget
With time running out to find the money to balance the 2020-21 budget, the Joint Budget Committee Thursday took their biggest cut of all: $724 million from K-12 education. The vote was unanimous and painful. For nearly three weeks, the JBC has been trying to find money anywhere they could to cover a $3.3 billion…