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One of the ways that Murray State University is covering the budget shortfall is by laying off the staff in its Office of Regional Outreach. Gina Winchester and her staff will no longer have jobs on June 30th.

MSU is raising tuition and cutting programs to deal with budget cuts.

... Kentucky ranks 6th-worst among states in percentage cuts to higher education since 2008 and is in the bottom 10 among states in other funding categories, according to a new report by the Center for Economic Policy.

This disinvestment once again threatens to limit students' access to higher education, as well as our state's opportunities for economic growth. For distressing statistics and a link to the new report, jump to story.

I Felt the Bern Tuesday, but I don't share my candidate's disdain for closed primaries...

...This left-leaning, union card-packing Democrat and lifelong Kentuckian is delighted Sanders, a Vermont independent, switched to my party to run for president. I've been a Sanders fan for years. I hope he stays a Democrat...