The Joint Finance Committee will consider Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposal to allow the sale of state-owned property tomorrow. A full list of Tuesday’s discussion topics is here. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis of the proposal, Budget Paper #161, is here.…
Category: UW System
Walker: Tuition Freeze & Lapse Reinstatement for UW System
Governor Scott Walker announced his revised budget recommendation for UW System yesterday in a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee. The letter, from Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, does not mince words: “. . . UW…
Poll: More in State Support Governor’s Proposal for Increased UW Funding
Departing UW-Madison professor Charles Franklin released a Marquette University Law School poll today, offering data on a range of topics including the University of Wisconsin System. Franklin found that 76 percent of state residents support a tuition freeze. Lawmakers from…
Joint Finance Committee Update
The Joint Finance Committee is meeting today to discuss several state agencies and departments, including the beleaguered Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Veteran’s Affairs, the Wisconsin Technical College System, and the Government Accountability Board. The committee will also consider Governor Scott…
State Building Commission Delays Vote on UW Projects
The State Building Commission decided yesterday to delay a vote on all but one University of Wisconsin building projects. A list of UW items on the April agenda is here. Projects previously approved, including funding for the Babcock Hall Dairy…
Governor Walker Says He Will Make Changes to UW Budget
Governor Scott Walker said yesterday that he intends to make changes to his 2013-15 biennial budget recommendation for the University of Wisconsin System. Details are expected in the next seven to ten days. The governor’s original budget proposal for UW…
PolitiFact on UW System’s “Reserves”
Leaders of the University of Wisconsin System have faced a firestorm of criticism since the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported last Friday that System holds more than $1 billion in financial reserves. The report found that UW System had a cash balance of…
Joint Committee on Employment Relations to Discuss UW-Madison’s HR Plan
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) will meet today at 10 am to discuss UW-Madison’s new personnel system. Discussion of UW System’s proposed personnel system is also on the agenda. The legislature directed UW-Madison and UW Syste to develop…
Regents to Meet Thursday and Friday in La Crosse
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet Thursday and Friday, April 4 and 5 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Audio and video stream of the meeting will be available here. The full board will meet Thursday…
UW System to Appear Before Joint Finance Committee Today
UW System President Kevin Reilly will appear before the Joint Committee on Finance today to discuss Governor Scott Walker’s 2013-15 biennial budget proposal. Live coverage of the hearing is available on WisconsinEye. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau paper on the governor’s…