Maine System faces $7.5 million of potential budget cuts - Kaitlynn Perreault, the Maine Campus

Governor Baldacci has proposed a potential budget cut for state-funded entities due to a shortfall of more than $200 million in revenue, which would likely cost the University of Maine System as many as 500 students and 35 employees. Early in October, Baldacci sent every state-funded entity a target budget cut for the next two years. It is now each department’s responsibility to figure out how to reach their target.