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The Daily Free Press

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Ph.D. applications increase as departments face budget cuts

Olga Benacerraf March 4, 2021
Despite an uptick in Ph.D. applications for the Fall semester, some Boston University departments will be accepting fewer students due to budget cuts.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has proposed budget cuts to recover from a budget deficit brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. AMANDA SCHNEIDER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA’s proposed budget cuts could hurt commuters

Taylor Brokesh October 8, 2020
After suffering financially during the pandemic due to lower ridership, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is looking at budget-reducing measures that include reduced and eliminated service.
KASTRITIS: Science and the Trump administration

KASTRITIS: Science and the Trump administration

Elias Kastritis November 13, 2016

Like it or not, discussion about the 2016 presidential election is coming to its bitter end. On Jan. 20, 2017, the next president-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump, is expected...

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday plans to implement budget cuts, addressing the $325 million shortfall in 2015 budget. GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Patrick to address budget shortfall, implement budget cuts

Ryan McDonagh November 11, 2014

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration announced plans Thursday to implement budget cuts to address a $325 million budget deficit in the state’s $36.5 billion 2015 fiscal year budget. One...

EDIT: Food stamps for the few

Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

You’re tired after working a 12-hour shift at the supermarket. You left when the kids went to school, and now you’re back hours after they got home.  Your spouse has been gone for months. Your kids...

EDIT: Got to start budget cuts somewhere

Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2013

While Americans brace themselves for the impact of sequester budget cuts, the capital is seeing slight cuts of its own. The budget for White House tours has been slashed and the Blue Angels have been grounded...

EDIT: Sequester slashes education jobs

Daily Free Press Admin February 27, 2013

Many of us are still asking what this “sequester” really means. Here’s your answer: $85 billion in spending cuts are going to be implemented on Friday, with a potential of up to $1.2 trillion in...

Education Secretary warns against sequestration’s cuts to aid, work-study

Daily Free Press Admin February 19, 2013

After the deadline for sweeping spending cuts as part of the “fiscal cliff” was pushed from Jan. 1 to March 1, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the 10-percent, across-the-board cuts will...

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