College affordability was the focus of a Senate Committee of the Whole earlier this week.

During the hearing, representatives from academia talked about the need for continued investment of tax dollars in public education while Republican Senators asked for the institutions to find ways to share the sacrifice.

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Tuesday’s hearing lasted several hours and did not produce any remedies to the unbalanced budget for the coming fiscal year with less than two weeks before the July 1st deadline.