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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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City Council committee holding meetings to review annual budget, hear public testimony

Olga Benacerraf April 28, 2021
The recommended budget totals $3.75 billion, an increase of 3.9% over to FY21, which ends June 30.
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City Councilors, police discuss ways to prevent BPD from exceeding overtime budget

Sam Trottenberg March 15, 2021
The department has likely already run-over this fiscal year.
Boston police officers at Boston Common

New report finds Boston Police Department lags in reform

Anna Stjernquist March 1, 2021
The report found department spending on oversight and community engagement decreased while spending on traditional policing initiatives — those focused on investigation and arrest — increased.
Due to Boston University’s reduced 2021 fiscal year budget, the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development has had to eliminate 80 staff and faculty positions. LUWA YIN/ DFP FILE

Wheelock takes brunt of BU layoffs

Chloe Liu July 25, 2020
BU's Wheelock has eliminated eight staff positions, eight full-time faculty positions and 64 part-time faculty positions for the upcoming semester, as indicated in a memo sent from Wheelock’s Office of the Dean on Monday. 
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. Boston University is suspending contributions to its employees’ retirement plans for fiscal year 2021 due to expenses incurred as a result of the coronavirus. RODRIGO DE LA PLAZA/ DFP FILE

BU suspends contributions toward employee retirement

Inyeong Kim May 21, 2020
BU is suspending contributions to employees' retirement plans as a result of budget shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. The university has lost $52 million because of the coronavirus pandemic, and has subsequently developed a financial recovery plan that involves freezing hiring and faculty and staff salaries, as well as putting non-essential projects on pause. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

BU freezing salaries, administrators see pay decreases

Melissa Ellin April 21, 2020
BU was forced to develop a financial recovery plan following a $52 million loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to an email from President Robert Brown to faculty and staff April 17.
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