Gov. Tony Evers today announced line-item vetoes and signed the 2021-23 state biennial budget. This concludes the complex process of allocating state taxpayer dollars for the next two fiscal years.
The state Assembly and Senate passed the 2021-23 state budget bill, which will now go to Governor Tony Evers. The legislature’s version of the bill includes a total of $8.25 million in new funding for the UW System for the biennium and restores the Board of Regents’ authority to set tuition for in-state, undergraduate student, …
UW System President Tommy Thompson issued this statement following the Joint Finance Committee’s vote on state employee compensation: “The UW System’s faculty and staff are the best in the country and that has never been clearer than it has been during this pandemic. They worked to ensure our students had a safe and productive academic …
“We appreciate the action of the Joint Finance Committee to provide a 2 percent pay increase for all state employees, including faculty and staff at UW–Madison, in each of the next two years.”
The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee advanced its version of the state’s 2021-23 capital budget Tuesday, including funding for a new academic facility for the College of Letters & Science at UW-Madison.
The legislature’s budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance took action on UW System’s 2021-23 operating budget Thursday, making significant changes to the biennial budget recommended by Gov. Tony Evers in February. If passed by the full legislature, this biennial budget would restore the Board of Regents’ authority to set tuition for in-state, undergraduate students without a …
Several media outlets covered Thursday’s JFC session that moved forward the UW System budget.
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson and Board of Regents President Drew Petersen issued statements today to react to JFC action on the budget.
Acting on Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed 2021-23 biennial budget, the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance today advanced its version of the University of Wisconsin System operating budget.
The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will be taking up UW System’s biennial budget at 11 a.m. this Thursday. Budget papers for UW System can be found here. The meeting can be streamed live at WisconsinEye.