Associated Press: Panel votes to cut UW budget by $250 million, eliminate tenure Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: GOP plan reduces cuts to UW System funding WISC-TV, Madison: UW budget cuts reduced, tenure eliminated from law Wisconsin …
Month: May 2015
Statement of Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Joint Finance vote
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank made the following statement following the Joint Committee on Finance’s 12-4 vote to pass UW System’s budget proposal.
Statements of UW System on JFC motion
UW System President Ray Cross issued a statement Friday afternoon on the proposed Joint Finance motion being considered. Cross and Regents Vice President Regina Millner issued a second statement on JFC proposed changes to shared …
Omnibus motion on UW System budget released
The Joint Finance Committee has released an omnibus motion on the UW System budget. The omnibus motion can be viewed here. The committee is scheduled to take up the motion today. The meeting can be …
Chamber presidents call for reduction of UW System cuts
Funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin System would stall a vital economic engine in Wisconsin, presidents from 10 Chambers of Commerce across Wisconsin said in a letter to the Joint Finance Committee. The letter, signed by …
UW System budget on Joint Finance agenda for May 29
The state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is scheduled Friday to take up the UW System budget. The meeting is tentatively slated to begin at 10 a.m. Budget papers can be viewed here. The meeting can be viewed tomorrow …
Changes to state group health insurance
On Jan. 1, there will be changes to deductibles, out-of-pocket costs, prescription co-pays and other aspects of the state employee health insurance program. The UW System describes the changes here.
Video: Chancellors Blank, Mone speak at WisPolitics forum in Milwaukee
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone discussed the state budget‘s affect on their institutions Wednesday at a forum in Milwaukee organized by WisPolitics.
Legislative Fiscal Bureau says revenue will be flat
In a memo to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, Legislative Fiscal Bureau Director Bob Lang says that while 2014-15 tax collections may exceed earlier estimates, collections for the next two fiscal years are expected …
Joint Finance co-chair pronounces public authority dead
The co-chairs of the Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, said this morning that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to create a UW System public authority will not be advanced out of committee. Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, …