The State Assembly on Tuesday approved the 2019-21 budget bill on a 60-39 vote. The State Senate is deliberating the bill this morning. The session can be viewed on WisconsinEye. If the Senate approves the bill without changes, it will go to Governor Tony Evers, who will have six days to act on it. Update: The …
The Wisconsin State Assembly is set to take up the 2019-21 state budget bill at noon today. The session can be viewed on WisconsinEye.
The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday approved an $8.8 million funding package for the proposed Dairy Innovation Hub. Kate VandenBosch, Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, issued the following statement with her counterparts from Platteville and River Falls: As leaders of UW System agricultural programs, we would like to thank members of the Joint Finance Committee …
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross issued this statement Tuesday’s vote: “I deeply appreciate the Joint Finance Committee’s very strong investment in the University of Wisconsin System’s infrastructure. This will help us modernize laboratories and classrooms, repair aging and unsafe facilities, and replace obsolete structures. This long-term investment will help attract and retain more …
The legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance tonight approved on a 12-4 vote a package of building projects requested by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued the following statement in response to the vote: “I want to express my deep appreciation to members of the Joint Committee on Finance for today’s action approving all …
State legislators have an opportunity to meet Wisconsin’s workforce needs by approving projects that will modernize classrooms and laboratories for students, UW System President Ray Cross and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told media members today at a press conference at Agricultural Hall. Governor Tony Evers proposed more than $2.5 billion in his capital budget request, …