budget cuts

Thanks to administrative shuffling, professor Carl-Wilhelm Vogel remains employed at the University of Hawai‘i despite the removal of his position in the new state budget, but the university’s faculty union says lawmakers might have crossed a legal line.

Carl-Wilhelm Vogel could lose his position at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center if the currently proposed state budget is signed by Governor David Ige.

The president’s request for next year’s federal budget includes a 7 percent drop in funding for the National Institutes of Health and reductions for other science agencies.

Mike Dunleavy vetoes funding that would have made up 40 percent of the university system’s total budget.

Scientists have attacked the government’s spending policies after it locked down nearly half of the money that had been allocated for science funding.

Funds for the NIH and NSF would stay flat, while some agencies, including the FDA and NASA, would see increases.

Ashley Yeager, TS associate editor, explains the possible ramifications of cutting the CDC's Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Reductions from the budget passed today and a $750-million shift of funds to the Children’s Health Insurance Program add pressure to public health initiatives, including immunizations and outbreak responses.

Previous layoffs affected research areas including climate change and fusion energy.