But for most, the drop in personal and corporate income tax revenues has devastated budgeting.
And — in the midst of devastating budget cuts — we're fighting for the tools teachers need to help their students.
"Because Arizona has been hit with a devastating budget deficit, we have had to do some difficult decisions," she said, adding later, "We have no other choices".
Like New Jersey, California and almost every other state, New York faces a devastating budget deficit this year — a shortfall estimated at $9 billion and growing.
The Detroit Institute of Arts was saved from devastating budget cuts Tuesday night after voters in three Michigan counties agreed to institute a property tax increase earmarked specifically for the museum.
Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said that as schools prepare for what could potentially be devastating budget cuts this year, the city should not spend money on closing and reopening schools.
In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of her appointment as chancellor, Dr. Zimpher, a 62-year-old Midwesterner who can play the dulcimer and dabbles in watercolors (mostly of lighthouses), spoke on Monday about her vision for SUNY at a time of economic turmoil, as the system faces potentially devastating budget cuts.
We must indeed fight the devastating budget cuts that are destroying the morale of teachers and students alike, but the "right" fight beyond that is for New Yorkers to demand fundamental redesign of the system so that its students, teachers and parents can work more productively, and so that the public will be more willing to pay for excellent public schools.
Huber gives Samper high marks, crediting him with helping the museum recover from low morale and devastating budget cuts.
The leaders of six Derbyshire councils have requested a meeting with a senior government minister to discuss "devastating" budget cuts.
