Icebreaker and UA Research Vessel Sikuliaq Key to Sustainability of Alaska’s Fisheries
Today, due to Governor Dunleavey's unprecented $444 budget veto earlier this month, the University of Alaska Board of Regents will consider whether to make a Declaration of Financial Exigency, a condition triggered by “imminent financial crisis which threatens the survival of the institution as a whole.”
Alaska’s legislature still has not reached a budget compromise and the current veto still cuts the UA budget by $130 million.
Last weekend Moody’s Investors Service downgraded UA’s rating by several notches due to the funding crises. In its report...
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