> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://utahpolitics.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # University presidents scrambling to cut budgets - URL: https://utahpolitics.news/university-presidents-scrambling-to-cut-budgets/ - Published: 2025-04-02T13:35:07.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-09T15:45:20.000Z - Author: Bryan Schott ## Wednesday, April 2, 2025 ## ⏰ Tick Tock 132 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) 216 days until Election Day (11/4/2025) 580 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) ## 👀 Here's what you need to know for ## Wednesday morning: ## Utah Headlines Utah State Board of Education to consider resolution tying DEI programs to communist goals. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/01/utah-state-board-of-education-to-consider-resolution-tying-dei-to-communist-goals/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] "The timeline is frantic": Utah university presidents only have 2 months to make major budget cuts. \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/04/02/utah-university-presidents-worry/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Salt Lake City nears "financing mechanism" for massive Delta Center district plans. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51287100/salt-lake-city-nears-financing-mechanism-for-massive-delta-center-district-plans-?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Signature gathering effort against HB267 is in full swing across the state. \[[Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04/01/signature-gathering-effort-against-hb267-is-in-full-swing-in-utah/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ICE is more frequently detaining Utahns who meet with state probation agents, immigration attorneys warn. \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/04/02/several-utah-attorneys-have-said/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Your ride in an ambulance might have just gotten cheaper under this new law. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-investigates/your-ride-in-a-utah-ambulance-might-have-just-gotten-cheaper-under-this-new-law?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Utah billionaire, Trump donor gets pardoned after conviction for bilking investors. \[[KUTV](https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-billionaire-trump-donor-gets-pardoned-after-conviction-for-bilking-investors?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Dental services now available to adult Utahns enrolled in Medicaid. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/briefs/dental-services-now-available-to-adult-utahns-enrolled-in-medicaid/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ## National/International Republicans won a pair of special congressional elections on Tuesday night, but severely underperformed at the polls. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/patronis-fine-trump-florida-00265436?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Susan Crawford, the Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, cruised to victory on Tuesday night. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk threw significant support behind her Republican opponent. \[[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-trump-8fe006c7f8fa40b663eccd6751bada98?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The White House is studying how much it would cost for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, which would require an illegal invasion of the country. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The U.S. has moved 30% of the Air Force's B-2 bomber fleet to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. \[[CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-diego-garcia-intl-hnk-ml/index.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] National security adviser Tim Waltz and other members of the National Security Council have conducted business over personal Gmail accounts. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The Trump administration is in talks with several more countries to take in migrants deported from the U.S. \[[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-looks-for-more-countries-to-take-migrants-3db9af5a?mod=politics%5Flead%5Fpos2&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] A DOGE staffer who resigned over racist social media posts was reinstated last month according to court filings. \[[The Hill](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5225694-doge-staffer-who-resigned-over-past-social-media-posts-reinstated-with-higher-access-filing/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn studied options for Donald Trump to serve a third term as President as early as 2023\. \[[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-attorney-studied-options-for-third-presidential-term-3ad46b43?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ## Briefly... The Trump administration eliminated the entire staff of a federal program that helps low-income households pay utility bills. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Leaders at the National Endowment for the Humanities warned employees that deep cuts are coming to the agency. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/arts/trump-doge-federal-cuts-humanities.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The measles outbreak in Texas has spread hundreds of miles from its epicenter. \[[Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/18/texas-measles-outbreak-climbs/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]