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Fiscal woes built at S.C. State over years

The university asked state lawmakers for about $17 million ... debts as well as tuition for any student with a 2.5 grade point average or higher who wants to transfer to a public institution or histor... read more

Why students foot the bill for college sports, and how some are fighting back

At Texas A&M University ... the South Carolina legislature. He needed approval to buy a new private jet for Clemson athletics. Radakovich promised legislators he wouldn’t need student fees to pay for ... read more

How the NCAA Scams Taxpayers for Welfare Money

Jones, a longtime Louisiana State University football season ticket holder and Washington lobbyist, who asked then ... pay to the tune of $2.8 million ... this is equivalent to 20,000 months of food s... read more

State summaries: Two-thirds of states face budget challenges

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Watch in full: Raimondo’s State of the State address

A great model is the International Center for Automotive Research in South Carolina. There, the State funded a partnership between BMW and Clemson University that has ... initiatives have allowed us t... read more

Shoestring Living: Be grateful every day

Back in the land where we didn’t have kids that participated in unimaginably expensive sports or wished for gifts like iPod Touches, my husband and I actually purchased gifts for each other. I am a go... read more

LOOSE ENDS: Affordable education is a beast of a challenge

I work for Dr. Klein, known to me as Mike, whom I first met when he was a student at Princeton University ... two years after lawmakers agreed to provide $200 million to make up for the shortfall. The ... read more

Budget cuts: Ann Arbor schools to cut high school busing, charge kids for 7th hour

To try to cut fewer teachers, school board trustees asked central administration to look into cutting ... a combination of cuts and increased revenue — to the tune of about $8.67 million by June 30. T... read more

The Era of Stupid Government Is Permanent

Several lawmakers and many critics want the BCS to switch to a playoff system, rather than the ratings system it uses to determine the teams that play in the championship game. If you don't know what ... read more

Local lawmakers seek more money for education in S.C. budget

Local lawmakers are happy ... will cost South Carolina State University and other institutions. Matthews said will push to “restore all those” and the Senate should be adding several millions to the b... read more

Where Pa.'s candidates for governor stand on issues

His campaign said he wants to make the change in steps, similar to the way legislation he backed in the Senate would have raised the minimum wage to $8.75 an hour in three ... and tying future increas... read more

State summaries: Two-thirds of states face budget challenges

Budget forecasts project a $689 million general fund gap in next year's budget. That figure assumes lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo will already have cut spending by $2.8 billion to meet a goal of hol... read more