Education tops tax cut, poll finds

A majority of Americans would prefer more federal funding for education over President Bush’s proposed $550 billion tax cut, according to a recent University of California, Berkeley study. In separate questions, respondents said they would prefer to either fund K-12 schools or prevent tuition increases at public schools and universities instead. Support for education was […]

UC takes liability for lab

Democrats and Republicans have fought over many issues this year, but members of both parties criticized the University of California’s management of Los Alamos National Laboratory on Thursday in a hearing in Washington D.C. Testifying before Congress, UC President Richard Atkinson said the university takes full responsibility for the management problems at the lab and […]

Los Alamos lab contract to open for bidding

In a major setback to the University of California, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced Wednesday that he will invite competition for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory. Abraham cited “widespread” management problems at the lab to explain why there will be open bidding after the current contract expires in September 2005. The […]