UW System President Ray Cross issued a statement Friday afternoon on the proposed Joint Finance motion being considered. Cross and Regents Vice President Regina Millner issued a second statement on JFC proposed changes to shared governance and tenure. After the committee vote, Regent President Michael Falbo released a statement.
The Joint Finance Committee has released an omnibus motion on the UW System budget. The omnibus motion can be viewed here. The committee is scheduled to take up the motion today. The meeting can be viewed on WisconsinEye.
Funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin System would stall a vital economic engine in Wisconsin, presidents from 10 Chambers of Commerce across Wisconsin said in a letter to the Joint Finance Committee. The letter, signed by chamber leaders from Madison, Milwaukee, Eau Claire, the Fox Cities, Green Bay, Kenosha, Menomonie, Oshkosh, Portage County and River Falls, …
The state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is scheduled Friday to take up the UW System budget. The meeting is tentatively slated to begin at 10 a.m. Budget papers can be viewed here. The meeting can be viewed tomorrow on WisconsinEye. On Wednesday, the committee approved $86 million in bonding for the renovation and expansion of the UW–Madison Chemistry …
On Jan. 1, there will be changes to deductibles, out-of-pocket costs, prescription co-pays and other aspects of the state employee health insurance program. The UW System describes the changes here.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone discussed the state budget‘s affect on their institutions Wednesday at a forum in Milwaukee organized by WisPolitics.
In a memo to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, Legislative Fiscal Bureau Director Bob Lang says that while 2014-15 tax collections may exceed earlier estimates, collections for the next two fiscal years are expected to grow more slowly than expected, meaning no extra revenue for the 2015-17 state budget. “On balance, we believe that the …
The co-chairs of the Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, said this morning that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to create a UW System public authority will not be advanced out of committee. Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, also voiced support for lowering the $300 million cut to the UW System proposed …
The Joint Finance Committee is expected to take up the UW System budget as it wraps up its work on the 2015-17 state budget in late May. The committee will propose and vote on amendments to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal, and then pass the full budget bill as amended. In the week or two after Joint …
Chancellor Blank is sharing an update on UW-Madison budget reductions on her blog, Blank’s Slate. Her $36 million plan includes $21 million in budget cuts and redirects an additional $15 million from other campus units to UW’s overall educational mission. The plan includes the elimination of approximately 400 positions. Read more.