Column by Wisconsin governor on his budget proposal, touting “More money into our technical college system than ever before” and “Over $100 million more into our University of Wisconsin System.”
As students at the University of Wisconsin continue to express their concerns with Gov. Walker’s proposal to let students opt out of allocable segregated fees, the state Legislature’s joint finance committee met Thursday to address the contentious idea, among other items, in the state budget.
MADISON — Any doubts that key parts of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget face significant hurdles among fellow Republicans who control the Legislature have been erased after three days of hearings that exposed rare bipartisan opposition to the spending plan.
Noted: In separate testimony, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross praised Walker’s budget, which provides $100 million in new money to the university as well as $35 million in additional state tax dollars to fund a 5% tuition cut.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations could mean less aid for the system when the state budget is completed, the state Senate’s top Republican signaled Thursday.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System institutions and dozens of private foundations could loom over a proposed increase in state funding for UW, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Thursday.
Gov. Scott Walker’s spending plan for the 2017-19 biennium is the “best budget” the University of Wisconsin System has seen in 10 years, System President Ray Cross told lawmakers on Thursday.
State legislators are hoping to order an audit of the relationship between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross said Thursday that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget for state colleges and universities is a “move in the right direction.”
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations could mean less aid for the system when the state budget is completed, the state Senate’s top Republican signaled Thursday.
Democrats on the Legislature’s finance committee are questioning provisions in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that would allow students to opt out of some fees.
Deja vu is looming over the University of Wisconsin System. Thursday morning, UW System President Ray Cross will make a pitch to the Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee for more than $100 million in additional state funding in the next biennium.
MADISON (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says allowing people to carry concealed firearms without a license seems reasonable.
Walker’s 2017-19 budget proposal includes $650 million more for K-12 schools — some of which is tied to projected savings from self-insuring state employees — $42.5 million for the University of Wisconsin System tied to new performance metrics, $600 million in tax and fee reductions, and $500 million in new borrowing to plug a transportation funding shortfall.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to self-insure state workers came under attack Tuesday from the Legislature’s budget committee, which questioned $60 million in purported savings, whether local governments could still participate and if medical benefits might change.
State legislators are hoping to order an audit of the relationship between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hidden handguns could be legally carried without a license in Wisconsin under a far-reaching, Republican-backed proposal unveiled Tuesday that immediately drew bipartisan opposition.
State lawmakers may order an audit this week of the relationships between University of Wisconsin System institutions and the private, nonprofit foundations that support them financially.
The Student Services Finance Committee at UW-Madison met to discuss its first draft of recommendations for Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal Monday.
Legislators are poised to order an audit of University of Wisconsin System schools’ relationships with their private foundations.
Legislators are poised to order an audit of University of Wisconsin System schools’ relationships with their private foundations.
That ranking, from University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Professor Nicholas Hillman, is based on what’s known about a proposed performance-based funding system to allocate $42.5 million in new money for the 2017-19 budget.
UWVC has long provided care and other support for police dogs, but the new statewide K-9 health effort was created after the school looked for ways to do more to serve them and their departments.
The University of Wisconsin Flexible Option program holds a lot of potential for people unable to attend traditional classes, say UW officials, but meeting Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed timetable for expansion would be challenging.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has endured several years of budget cuts and a stronger hand by the state government in its policies. Chancellor Rebecca Blank discusses winning back some funds, repairing dings to its reputation, and navigating the Trump administration.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is joining several top Republican lawmakers in questioning Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition.
Editorial: [T]he impact of UW research and teaching on the state’s economy cannot be overstated. But it all requires resources and investment. Let’s not put UW’s best at unnecessary risk.
Noted: According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Population Health Institute, 26% of La Crosse County adults report excess drinking. That’s one of the highest percentages in Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Robert Hamers has a jam-packed day ahead: an hourlong lecture, a conference call with colleagues about nanotechnology, meetings and plans to check on students in the lab.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Robert Hamers has a jam-packed day ahead: an hourlong lecture, a conference call with colleagues about nanotechnology, meetings and plans to check on students in the lab.
Gov. Scott Walker warned his fellow Republicans on Thursday that it would “unwise” to reject his proposal to switch state workers to a self-insurance model, saying ditching the plan would cost the state tens of millions of dollars in savings.
Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said at a UW-Madison faculty forum that he hasn’t found any lawmakers who are excited about the plan, The Associated Press reported.
The Legislature’s budget committee plans to hold six budget hearings next month around the state on Gov. Scott Walker’s $76 billion biennial budget proposal, though none will be in the state’s 10 largest cities.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker warned his fellow Republicans on Thursday that it would “unwise” to reject his proposal to switch state workers to a self-insurance model, saying ditching the plan would cost the state tens of millions of dollars in savings.
LA CROSSE, Wis. – For the about 250,000 state and local government employees covered by the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance program, gender reassignment services, procedures and surgeries are no longer covered.
Nearly 200,000 retired public employees covered by the Wisconsin Retirement System will get a bump up in their pension checks, starting May 1.
In an attempt to address the cost of higher education, Wisconsin legislators have reintroduced a “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” bill to help students alleviate their debt.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers who for years have sought to ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in the state are now bickering among themselves over what to do.
Republican lawmakers are reviving a push to restrict research done in Wisconsin that relies on fetal tissue from abortions.
Noted: Risch, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science major who had been DFI’s deputy secretary since mid-2015, also previously worked as government relations director for the Wisconsin Bankers Association. In addition, he worked for state Sen. Alberta Darling and former state Sen. Cathy Stepp.
Republican Wisconsin lawmakers who for years have sought to ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in the state are now bickering among themselves over what to do.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to increase funding for the University of Wisconsin System is the best budget news UW has heard in a long time, System President Ray Cross said Thursday.
Research groups — including UW-Madison, UW Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and BioForward, which represents the state’s biotech industry — said the fetal tissue research ban would prohibit lifesaving research already regulated under federal law.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is offering high praise for the governor’s state budget proposal.
The commission also approved placing $361.3 million in a fund that could be tapped for projects not specifically enumerated. That could include many across the University of Wisconsin System that were not approved. The university asked for nearly $795 million but was approved for only $128 million.
Amid elections for Associated Students of Madison representatives, state Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, visited College Republicans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss hot-button issues and drive home the importance of fighting for conservative values.
University of Wisconsin-Madison would win big, and UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside would be the biggest losers, if performance measures proposed by Gov. Scott Walker to divvy up $42.5 million in new state funding over the next biennium are approved by the Legislature, according to a new analysis.
Amid uncertainty of the level of support Gov. Scott Walker has in the state Legislature for his budget proposal, state Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, supported the tuition cut and increased UW System funding in a speech to UW-Madison’s College Republicans.
The debate over three-year versus four-year bachelor degree programs is taking center stage following Gov. Scott Walker’s 2017-’19 budget proposal. An aspect of this requires the UW System to establish pathways to a three-year degree for 10 percent of programs by Jan.1, 2018 and 60 percent of programs by June 2020.
Gov. Scott Walker has done it again. This man continues to attack the University of Wisconsin System, interfering with business that should not be messed with. If the $250 million in cuts to the UW System in the 2015 budget weren’t enough, he now wants the UW System to allow students to opt out of allocable segregated fees, which will have detrimental effects on our schools.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he’s worried about relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations.
As a part of his 2015-’17 budget, Gov. Scott Walker edited the language in state statute outlining the responsibilities of the UW System. In essence, the role of students, faculty and staff shifted from that of policy developers to policy advisors, a move that left many in fear over the true weight of their voice.
Rep. Andre Jacque and Sen. Chris Kapenga are circulating a bill targeting an arrangement between Planned Parenthood and the university in which faculty members work part-time at the organization’s Madison clinic.
New funding for higher education in Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would reverse years of cuts and boost University of Wisconsin System schools that have been slashing costs in recent years.But experts say two changes that System leaders and state lawmakers are considering this year could shrink the share of new funding that winds up at UW-Madison, and instead send more of that money to the System’s other campuses.
Republican legislators introduced a bill Friday that may result in UW System employees no longer being able to perform abortions or train others at Madison Planned Parenthood clinics.
Governor Walker has proposed a modest increase in state support to the UW System in the 2017-19 budget period, with the additional resources to be distributed among campuses based on how well they score on a certain set of criteria. Those measures could penalize institutions that have been most effective in enrolling underrepresented students and provide a disincentive for campuses to admit low-income students, first-generation students, or other students who may take longer to graduate.
Farmers could get a break on their student loans under a new plan at the capitol. The new measure would create a loan-forgiveness program for farmers who commit to staying in the state after they finish a tech college, short course or university degree.
We are all doing well in our golden years and enjoying our retirements; two here in Wisconsin and one in Illinois. I can unequivocally state that the reason why we are doing well is the education we received from this great university.
Noted: Republican Rep. John Nygren crafted 11 bills based on recommendations from the governor’s opioid task force. The package includes proposals that would grant legal immunity to people who overdose, allow school workers to administer overdose antidotes to students and require the University of Wisconsin System to open a school where high school addicts can continue their education during recovery. Other measures would allocate $5.5 million more over the next two years for treatment programs and four additional state drug agents.
For 43 years, I have been a proud alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
