The Joint Finance Committee will meet Tuesday, May 21 to discuss the Departments of Employee Trust Funds, Children and Families, and Public Instruction; the Office of State Employment Relations; the State Building Commission; and the Public Finance Authority. Budget papers…
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 Revenue Projections Improve
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau announced today that the state will take in $575 million more than expected over the next two years. The LFB memo detailing the general tax fund revenue projections is here. Governor Scott Walker and legislative leaders…
Obama: Sequester Hurting Scientific Research
President Barack Obama told a gathering of scientists last week that the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration could harm scientific research for several years. The president made his remarks at the 150th annual meeting of the National Academy of…