It won’t be implemented until July, but Governor Gary Herbert is still getting calls for HB 477, which restricts Utah’s open records law, to be vetoed. It’s too late, however, as the bill has already been signed. The bill was recalled by lawmakers after an uproar from both media outlets and the public over how quickly it was considered and passed by lawmakers late last week.
While public education gets more funding in the legislature’s latest budget plan, state parks and higher education are taking bigger hits than expected. Senate Budget Chairman Lyle Hillyard says the rationale for cuts to higher ed is that colleges and universities can raise tuition.
The Utah House of Representatives revamped a bill Thursday that would repeal in-state tuition waivers for Utah college students who are in the country illegally. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the bill’s sponsor says he won’t support it.
The legislature’s House Education Committee rejected a divisive bill Wednesday that would have banned academic tenure at Utah’s public colleges and universities. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, opponents worried the move would cost the state more money than it was intended to save.
After a 90-minute debate in a packed House Revenue and Taxation Committee, lawmakers approved a bill this morning to repeal in-state college tuition for students who are in the country illegally. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Energy innovation in the United States has stalled, but with transformational change, it can get running again. That’s the message Jeff Muhs, director of Utah State University’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory, will deliver tomorrow night as he kicks off the Utah Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Nature of Things Lecture Series.
A Republican state lawmaker has sparked a lot of debate by suggesting Utah’s colleges and universities are handing out “degrees to nowhere.” As KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports… he knows firsthand what it’s like to feel hopeless fresh out of college, graduating with a degree that he says got him nowhere.
Republican Senator Howard Stephenson claimed that the University of Utah and other public colleges and universities are handing out “degrees to nowhere,” unless they’re in science, math and engineering. We talked about that and budget cuts with Dave Buhler, Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs with the Utah System of Higher Education.
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