University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: May 2019

News coverage of Joint Finance vote on UW System budget

  Wisconsin State Journal: Republicans OK two more years of UW tuition freeze, reduce funding increase Capital Times: UW System’s Cross: ‘I feel like I’ve been kicked in the shins’ on budget committee vote Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Lawmakers extend UW tuition freeze for two years, cut Tony Evers’ funding increase for campuses WisPolitics: JFC cuts in half Evers funding …

Chancellor Blank reaction to Tuesday JFC vote

Chancellor Rebecca Blank shared the following statement Tuesday, May 28 after the passage of a Joint Committee on Finance motion that extended the resident tuition freeze for two years, but did not support funding the freeze with the additional state funding requested by Gov. Tony Evers and UW System. The motion passed by a 12-4 …

Budget committee approves pay bumps for state employees

The Joint Committee on Finance approved on Tuesday 2 percent pay increases in 2020 and 2021 for state workers, including UW System employees. The first of the increases would kick in Jan. 1, 2020, with the second coming a year later. Governor Tony Evers also proposed a 2 percent increase in each year. UW System …