Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, is encouraging voters to become informed about statewide and local ballot measure before they head to the polls this November. Read More…
Members of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce held an informal discussion regarding the financial state of California with State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley Monday morning.
State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, hosted a town hall meeting at UC Berkeley Tuesday night to discuss California’s budget challenges well as possible steps the state can take to alleviate financial problems facing higher education. The event was held on the seventh floor of Eshleman Hall and was organized by Read More…
State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and state Senator Loni Hancock, D-Oakland — both of whom represent Berkeley in the state legislature — will visit the campus tonight to talk about budget cuts and their effect on the higher education system.
The California State Senate approved a bill last Thursday that, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would grant collective bargaining rights to graduate student research assistants at the state’s public universities. The bill would extend an 1979 act that gave university employees the right to collectively bargain to apply to Read More…
RICHMOND, Calif. — After about eight months of evaluating different finalist locations, the University of California announced Monday morning that the Richmond Field Station is the preferred site chosen for the second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Berkeley Lab officials selected the field station — which the UC Read More…
State funding for California higher education dramatically decreased by $1.5 billion between fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12 as part of a nationwide decline in education funding, according to a report released Monday. Among what the annual Grapevine study deemed the “megastates,” California suffered the largest decrease in state funding over Read More…
After more than ten years of contracting shuttle buses from AC Transit, UC Berkeley has parted ways with the transit entity in favor of new buses provided by a private company. During negotiations, the campus considered contracting out the bus drivers’ positions, but eventually agreed to keep the existing drivers Read More…
UC Berkeley alumna Mia Geurts was honored by State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, as the district’s Veteran of the Year last Wednesday. At a luncheon ceremony held Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento, Geurts — who served as a United States Army combat medic in Iraq — was presented with the award Read More…
Several Alameda County officials met and hosted a forum at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley on Friday to discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to shift responsibility for certain state services to local governments. Programs including mental health services, child and foster care and criminal justice have been proposed to Read More…
