UL’s interim president on Wednesday revealed a sobering fiscal picture for the university to faculty and staff: a $25 million “structural deficit” requiring substantial cuts to balance, The Current is reporting.

Interim President Jaimie Hebert vowed to protect UL’s academic programming as administrators look for reductions. In a letter circulated shortly after the town hall, Hebert said administrators and department heads had met for weeks and agreed to reduce spending by 10%, identifying as much as $15 million budget savings, the newspaper reports.

Failed taxes would be ‘hard felt,’ local officials say Nearly $50 million for local public agencies would vanish in 2027 if voters reject millages in October and November.

“Let me be clear: Other divisions absorbed deeper cuts to ensure

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