The UW System Board of Regents will vote today on operating and capital budget requests for the 2021-23 state biennial budget. The proposal seeks a state funding increase of 3.5 percent in each of the next two years, providing $95.7 million over the next two years for a number of initiatives, including expansion of online …
In a letter to campus on Wednesday, Chancellor Rebecca Blank notified employees that UW–Madison will implement additional expense reductions, including employee furloughs, in response to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university finances. The cost-saving measures include campus-wide furloughs, leadership pay cuts, a Work-Share program, position-specific furloughs, and possible reassignments. The measures will …
The state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance today unanimously approved $45 million in outcomes-based funding for UW System schools. The committee approved dispersing $22.5 million in each year of the biennium (2019-2021). In addition, the panel also approved a proposal to fund a Dairy Innovation Hub, providing $8.8 million in funding for dairy research at …
In a Capitol news conference this morning, Governor Tony Evers signed the budget bill for the 2019-21 biennium, and issued his list of partial vetoes of the bill. UW—Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued the following statement: “Thank you to Governor Evers and the legislators who supported the tremendous infrastructure investment throughout the UW System in …
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, …