University president: Governor’s cuts ‘a policy choice’ - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's budget proposal that cuts university funding is a "policy choice for Alaskans, not a fiscal necessity," the president of the University of Alaska said. University President Jim Johnsen wrote to staff, faculty and students Wednesday, countering the Republican governor's letter to the university community from earlier this week, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported . Dunleavy has proposed sweeping cuts, including to education, to address a $1.6 billion deficit projected for the coming fiscal year. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article227288419.html