Montana, broke and burning, looks at cuts to fill budget gap - MATT VOLZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state university system must identify another $44 million in spending reductions. State lawmakers already slashed the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education's budget in the 2018-2019 state budget passed in April. Those previous cuts left a $19 million shortfall that resulted in tuition hikes, and Deputy Commissioner Tyler Trevor said tuition may have to go up again. It will be up to the Board of Regents to approve the cuts and tuition hikes, Trevor said. "They all will have the ability to weather the storm, it's just a matter of the tactics we take," Trevor said of the state's colleges and universities. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/montana-broke-burning-cuts-fill-budget-gap-49712972