Sixty eight million dollars in cuts to universities and public colleges is being recommended by Governor Eric Greiten’s.

Greitens outlined his roughly 28.8 billion dollar budget for the fiscal year that starts in July yesterday (Monday) at the State Capitol.

The governor also wants a more than 11.6 million dollar increase in child welfare spending, and an additional 162.8 million in infrastructure funding, and more than 15 million in additional public safety funding.

This was Greitens first public appearance in almost 2 weeks since he admitted to an extramarital affair.