Budget Cuts
Texas legislature finally finishes, leaving trail of wreckage
July 1, 2011That long loud shrieking shudder you heard on June 29 was the entire population of Texas breathing their sigh of relief; the legislature had finally ended its reign of terror and gone home!
Read moreStudents in the fight against funding cuts
May 5, 2011Recently H.R.1 passed in congress cutting $60 billion from the federal budget. One of the programs hit hardest is the Pell Grant program which was stripped of $5.7 billion.
Read moreCalif. students: “These budget cuts have got to go!”
March 17, 2011"Youth apathetic? ... Anyone who wakes up before dawn to drive across the state and rally at the capitol is not apathetic!"
Read moreFeb. jobless figures down but concerns rise over govt. cuts
March 15, 2011The nation's official unemployment rate declined ever so slightly for the third straight month in February, down 0.1 percent to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last week.
Read moreCut BP aid, not Pell Grants! students demand
March 7, 2011Student activists and advocates say congressional lawmakers need to get their budget priorities straight especially when it comes to making cuts to federal funding for higher education.
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