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 …
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UW System President Cross, Regents President Petersen statements on JFC vote
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 …
Committee approves UW-Madison building projects
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: …
Cross and Blank: Aging UW facilities need repair, reinvestment
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 …
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 …
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 …
Committee to take up UW System budget Tuesday
The Joint Committee on Finance plans to vote on the 2019-21 budget for the UW System on Tuesday. The session is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., and can be streamed at WisconsinEye. Budget papers …
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, 2021, with …
Building Commission deadlocks on Capital Budget
The State Building Commission deadlocked on a 4-4 party-line vote Wednesday as it took up Gov. Tony Evers’ recommendations for building projects in the 2019-21 biennium. As a result the Capital Budget goes to the …
Media coverage of State Building Commission
Wisconsin State Journal: Proposed state building projects in jeopardy as commission deadlocks Associated Press: Republicans reject Evers’ spending on state, UW buildings Wisconsin Public Radio: Republican Lawmakers Reject Evers’ Capital Budget Proposal Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Republicans reject Tony Evers’ …