The University of Wisconsin System would receive a funding increase of more than $36 million over the next biennium under the budget proposal approved Thursday by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance (JFC). The committee voted 12-4 to pass an omnibus motion that included 23 provisions, including $5 million for an innovation fund to increase …
A new center named for Wisconsin’s longest-serving governor and dedicated to the study of public leadership is proposed to be housed jointly at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Political Science. The Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership will make significant contributions to public policy and leadership, Chancellor …
I am grateful that members of the Joint Finance Committee today supported reinvesting in the UW System. New funding included in the state budget will be used by UW–Madison and campuses across the state to educate students and prepare them to become the next generation of highly-skilled employees needed by employers in Wisconsin and beyond. …
“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, as well as Senator Harsdorf and Representative Born, for their leadership in bringing forward the UW System budget motion and …
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 motion passed on a 12-4 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 viewed live at WisEye.org.
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.
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 home for the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership. We expect the center will make significant contributions to public …
Joint Committee on Finance announced that it will take up the UW System portion of the 2017-2019 budget on Tuesday, May 23rd at 1:00 pm. Budget papers for UW System can be viewed here. Streaming of the session can be found here at WisconsinEye.
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 with what the Governor has proposed,” Cross said. “It provides the first investment of new state dollars the UW System …