Month: April 2015

The Joint Finance Committee is expected to take up the UW System budget as it wraps up its work on the 2015-17 state budget in late May. The committee will propose and vote on amendments to …

Chancellor Blank is sharing an update on UW-Madison budget reductions on her blog, Blank’s Slate. Her $36 million plan includes $21 million in budget cuts and redirects an additional $15 million from other campus units to …

The Madison Region Economic Partnership, the economic development agency for the eight-county region surrounding the state Capitol, has passed a resolution calling for a reduction in the level of cuts proposed to the UW System …

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s overall economic impact statewide is $15 billion annually, according to a report from Northstar Consulting Group. The report shows that UW–Madison, UW Hospital and Clinics and the university’s affiliated organizations and startup …

The Joint Finance Committee today will begin deliberations on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. According to the Associated Press, the committee is not expected to vote …

Gov. Scott Walker made several adjustments to his budget proposal in a letter to the Joint Finance Committee chairs on Monday, including restoring the statutory language about the Wisconsin Idea. The errata letter is sent …