Local Lookout: Looming layoffs at UW | New twist on town hall | ‘Right to read’

Local Lookout: Looming layoffs at UW | New twist on town hall | ‘Right to read’

Roughly 160 UW employees could lose their jobs if proposed budget passes, provost saysWyoming Public RadioA University of Wyoming provost estimates that around 160 employees at the state’s lone four-year public university could be laid off if the draft budget bill becomes law in its current form. That’s out of about 1,800 full-time faculty and staff across all colleges. In a Jan. 20 email to faculty, staff and students, UW President Ed Seidel sa…