“I would like to thank the members of the Joint Finance Committee for their support of the UW System. In particular, I want to thank Speaker Vos, Majority Leader Fitzgerald, Finance Co-Chairs Darling and Nygren, …
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Omnibus motion on UW System funding debated
The Joint Finance Committee has released an omnibus motion on the UW System budget. Read the motion here. The committee is currently debating the motion. The meeting can be viewed on WisconsinEye. UPDATE: The omnibus …
UW System budget scheduled for Thursday vote
The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee are saying that the UW System budget will be on the panel’s calendar for Thursday. The committee is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. The session can be …
Vote on UW System budget postponed
The UW System portion of the 2017-19 state budget has been pulled from today’s Joint Finance Committee’s calendar. The committee’s vote on UW System funding will be rescheduled at a later date.
Chancellor Blank statement on Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued the following statement on the announcement of the establishment of the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership on campus. We are delighted that UW-Madison has been chosen as the …
Cross: Walker proposal “best budget the UW System has seen in a decade”
UW System President Ray Cross on Thursday testified before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance, telling the panel “affordability, accountability, compensation, infrastructure maintenance, and flexibilities are important to the university system.” “We are very pleased …
Joint Committee on Finance begins budget work
The state legislature’s budget-writing committee, the Joint Committee on Finance, will begin its deliberations on the 2017-19 state budget this week. Three days of agency briefings kick off on Tuesday, with the University of Wisconsin System …
Legislative Fiscal Bureau releases 2017-19 budget papers
The non-partisan state Legislative Fiscal Bureau today released papers analyzing Governor Scott Walker’s 2017-19 budget recommendations. The papers analyzing the governor’s recommendation for UW System can be viewed here. The full document can be viewed …
Walker unveils capital budget recommendations
Governor Scott Walker yesterday released his capital budget recommendations for 2017-19, detailing $803 million in projects over the next two years. Walker’s proposal defers four requested UW-Madison projects but does include significant funding for general maintenance at …
FAQs on self-insurance proposal offered
In an effort to provide up to date information regarding the state employee self-insurance program proposed by Governor Scott Walker in his 2017-19 budget plan, UW–Madison Office of Human Resources (OHR) will be posting questions …