June 13, 2008

Nevada Chancellor Calls Governor on Budget Cuts

By PAUL FAIN

James E. Rogers, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, is steamed over looming budget cuts and what he sees as a lack of support from the state's governor, James A. Gibbons, a Republican. Mr. Rogers let loose his frustration during a fiery interview last month with the Las Vegas Sun, in which he bashed the state's tax policy and said the governor was not returning his calls.

Mr. Rogers said he was just "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" as Nevada education sinks

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