State budget projected to close with $283 million deficit
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is projecting a shortfall of $283 million in the state budget when the 2014-15 fiscal year ends on June 30. Read the LFB memo.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is projecting a shortfall of $283 million in the state budget when the 2014-15 fiscal year ends on June 30. Read the LFB memo.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank responds in her blog to media reports about budget discussions and the UW System. “UW System President Ray Cross is in charge of negotiating the items relating to the System that will be in the Governor’s budget,” Blank writes. “I have not been directly involved but I and others at UW-Madison have been in …
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross urged business leaders at the Rotary Club of Madison that the UW should be seen as an investment in Wisconsin’s future. Read the story from WisBusiness.com.
Gov. Scott Walker said in an interview on WKOW-TV’s “Capitol City Sunday” that he anticipates cutting “bits and pieces of just about every part of state government” to close the 2015-17 state budget deficit. Walker, who was sworn in for a second four-year term today, said his budget proposal will scale back the size and scope of …