RIVER FALLS — Gov. Scott Walker?s biennial budget proposal might be good news for both staff and students at University of Wisconsin campuses.
New state budget: Faculty raises, tuition break?
Pierce County Herald
Category: State news
State to have increased power to sell property under Gov. Walker budget
Wisconsin State Journal
MADISON ? The state would have much broader power to sell or lease state-owned properties ? including buildings overseen by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents ? under Gov. Scott Walker?s proposed 2013-15 budget, according to a newly released budget summary by the state?s nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
UW System faculty receive overpayments
Badger Herald
Out of the University of Wisconsin System?s thousands of salaried employees, 60 surpassed a soon-to-be eliminated cap on how much extra work they can be paid for.
Group shows cost behind Wisconsin’s drinking culture
WSAU News
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – Health organizations, law enforcement, and community leaders are seeking changes to Wisconsin?s alcohol culture and laws. Health First Wisconsin released a study done by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute showing the real cost of excess alcohol consumption is 6.8 billion dollars annually in Wisconsin alone. This includes alcohol related health care, premature deaths, lost work time, traffic crashes, and court cases.
Report: Excessive drinking costs Wisconsin billions
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — A study released Tuesday highlight?s Wisconsin?s problems with excessive drinking.The Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School released a first-of-its-kind report, “The Burden of Excessive Alcohol Use in Wisconsin.”
Report: 60 UW employees got more extra pay than allowed
WSAU News
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – University of Wisconsin employees are limited by state law to $12,000 a year in extra pay for academic duties.
Anthropology Mocked as U.S. Governors Push for Employable Grads
Bloomberg News
Republican governors in at least three states are pushing to link funding for universities to graduates? success finding jobs, saying schools need to provide students with the skills employers demand.
Thousands of fans visit Madison for boy’s basketball tournament
WKOW-TV 27
Navigating through downtown Thursday night was tougher than usual with thousands of fans heading to the Kohl Center for the boy?s state basketball tournament.
UW official: UW lands not at risk of being sold
WISC-TV 3
he governors latest budget proposal would allow for the sale of state property to help pay down the states debt, but a University of Wisconsin System official says UW lands arent likely at risk.
UW Faculty Member Dreams of Murdering Governor Walker
Newstalk 1130, Milwaukke
The folks at the MacIver Institute are some of the finest investigative reporters in the state, and they?ve proven it again with this exposé of an ahem vocal opponent of the mining bill:
UW expects lowest tuition increase in years
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison – The next two-year budget for the University of Wisconsin System will be the first since the 1980s that isn?t built around state funding cuts or expected state budget lapses if the Legislature doesn?t dramatically change what?s been proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.
UW regents discuss proposed new 2-year budget
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin System board of regents is meeting to discuss the governor?s proposed two-year budget.
UW regents to discuss proposed new 2-year budget
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin System board of regents is meeting to discuss the governors proposed two-year budget, which includes $181 million in new taxpayer investments in the UW System.
Former adidas workers speak to UW students about fight for severance pay
Daily Cardinal
More than 80 University of Wisconsin-Madison students gathered Tuesday to listen to two Indonesian workers from an adidas-contracted factory share their struggles to get severance pay, in an event hosted by the Student Labor Action Coalition.
Quick Question: Should state employees who smoke be charged $50 a month more for their health insurance?
Capital Times
On general principle it?s reasonable to expect people who engage in risky behavior to pay more for their health insurance. On the other hand, that (surcharge) increases the cost of smoking quite a bit. I?m not a smoker and I have a limited amount of sympathy for them, but the amount employees should pay for their health insurance should be subject to negotiation between the state and their union.?
Public worker retirees take another pension hit
Capital Times
Longtime participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System will see another cut in their monthly pension checks as the state continues to smooth out losses from the 2008 stock market plunge.
11 ways the budget sequester could affect Wisconsinites
Wisconsin State Journal
No one can say with certainty how the automatic spending cuts that kick in Friday will affect Wisconsin. Some federal services will continue uninterrupted; others will be scaled back as furloughs begin, likely next month. Here are some of the changes officials say are likely over the next few months if Congress doesnt reverse the cuts.
Walker sees little impact from cuts
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican governors criticized the president?s across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect this week during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
Legislators favor UW tuition cap
Badger Herald
Legislators from both parties have reacted positively to including a tuition cap in the state?s biennial budget, a measure University of Wisconsin System officials said may not be necessary.
UW students want to keep cap on tuition hikes
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? University of Wisconsin students asked state legislators Monday to renew a tuition cap, fearing that failure to do so would put higher education out of reach of many families.
UW-Madison celebrates conservationist Aldo Leopold
WEAU TV (Eau Claire)
MADISON, Wis. AP — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating conservationist Aldo Leopold this weekend.
No immediate support for tuition cap
Badger Herald
A member of Gov. Scott Walker?s administration touted greater flexibility and the availability of new funding for the University of Wisconsin System, but did not voice support for setting a cap on tuition increases in a meeting with students on Monday.
UW-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association lays off staff, blames changes from Act 10
Isthmus
The Teaching Assistants? Association at UW-Madison has informed members that its staff will be laid off due to hardships resulting from Gov. Scott Walker?s 2011 collective bargaining law.
UW Students Call For Cap on Tuition Increase
NBC-15
University of Wisconsin students are asking legislators to cap tuition increases.
UW students want cap on tuition increase
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin students are asking legislators to cap tuition increases.
Impending federal sequester to impact state
Badger Herald
If Congress does not reach a compromise before Friday, Wisconsin?s national security employees and the public education system could be the target of massive federal spending cuts known as the sequester, according a White House statement released Sunday.
UW System president praises Walkers budget proposals
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin Systems president says Gov. Scott Walkers budget proposals would keep tuition costs down and improve economic development programs at various campuses across the state.
Scott Walker finds union allies in call for end to residency requirements
Capital Times
At first glance, Gov. Scott Walker?s budget provision to do away with residency requirements for city and school employees makes for some strange bedfellows ? aligning the governor made famous for slashing the power of public worker unions with police officers, firefighters and other city workers who have long sought an end to residency requirements through collective bargaining.
UW system president praises Walker’s budget proposals
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin System?s president said Gov. Scott Walker?s budget proposals would keep tuition costs down and improve economic development programs at various campuses across the state.
Walker?s budget proposal to ensure ?modest? tuition increases
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker?s proposed $181 million in investments for the University of Wisconsin System would help ensure tuition increases are ?very modest,? a UW System spokesperson said Thursday.
Walkers income tax cut helps rich more
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walkers proposed income tax cut would give more money back to the rich than it would the poor, despite his billing it as targeting the middle class.
Walker unveils budget
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker called for a $343 million income tax cut, education reform and economic development initiatives in his biennial budget address Wednesday.
Wis. Gov. Walker calls for income tax cut
Madison.com
Gov. Scott Walker proposed an income tax cut targeted to the middle class as part of a state budget introduced Wednesday that would keep property taxes nearly flat, expand the private school voucher program, continue a public school spending freeze and tighten Medicaid income eligibility.
Walker’s budget proposal to include $475 million for education
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced plans Sunday to include in his proposed state budget a $475.6 million investment in public education and other opportunities for Wisconsin students.
Walker to unveil two-year budget plan
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Gov. Scott Walker planned to release details of his income tax cut on Wednesday as part of his state budget that also expands the private school voucher program, continues a freeze on spending in public schools, tightens income eligibility for Medicaid and puts state properties up for sale to pay for roads projects.
Flexible option focus of hearing
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin System officials explained their progress on the flexible option degree to a Senate committee Tuesday, allowing legislators to clear concerns they had over the new program.
Walker proposes $4 million for UW Cancer Center
Badger Herald
After taking in no state funding the past two years, University of Wisconsin?s cancer center will receive nearly $4 million through 2015, according to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker?s budget proposal.
Walker to propose final biennial budget
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker will release his biennial budget and will give an address at the Capitol about his budget priorities today. Over the past few weeks, he has released parts of his budget, and below is a preview of what he will include in several areas.
Walker to invest $181M in System
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker announced a $129 million investment in public education and an additional $181 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System would be included in his upcoming budget announcement on Monday.
Gunderson: Hold all colleges in Wisconsin to same standards
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For 16 years, I had the honor of representing western Wisconsin in Congress. But in so many ways, that experience was a prelude to current times.
Paul Fanlund: David Ward on what confronts the next UW chancellor
Capital Times
David McDonald, the Russian history professor who chairs the search committee to find the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s next chancellor, says he?s happy to be handing off the top five names to a committee of the UW Board of Regents this week.
Underwood: Let’s invest in education
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The upcoming release of Gov. Scott Walker?s proposed state budget draws our attention to the future and, in particular, to Wisconsin?s children.
Senate committee takes on education
Badger Herald
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
Why are people leaving Wisconsin? State ranked in top 10 for out-migration : Ct
Capital Times
Blame the weather.
Blame the economy.
Blame Scott Walker.
No matter the reason, Wisconsin is among the top 10 states for people moving out, according to the annual survey from United Van Lines. Forbes reported the story recently and it has been widely circulated ? although probably not by many chambers of commerce.
Senate committee takes on education
Badger Herald
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
UW professor, ACLU file lawsuit for permit process
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin professor and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against Capitol Police over their permitting process Monday.
Legislative affairs advocates tuition protection
Badger Herald
A student government committee held a training session for student lobbyists Monday on how to meet with elected officials in an effort to achieve tuition protection and to increase need-based financial aid in the upcoming state biennial budget.
$22 million in works for UW System
Badger Herald
As part of an almost $100 million investment on workforce training, Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday he plans to invest $22 million in the University of Wisconsin System in the upcoming state budget.
Exhibit of Depression-era art is illustrative comparison as state cuts public funding for arts
Wisconsin State Journal
The exhibition opening Saturday at the Chazen Museum of Art was ? fittingly ? put together by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as a way to cope with an economic downturn.
Marshfield Clinic, University of Wisconsin Health join Medicare
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Marshfield Clinic and University of Wisconsin Health have won approval to participate in a Medicare program designed to test new ways of paying hospitals and doctors.
Getting an online degree just got easier | AirTalk | 89.3 KPCC
Southern California Public Radio
Starting next fall, the University of Wisconsin system is offering the first competency-based online degree program in the nation. This program, called the ?UW Flexible Option,? will allow adult students to earn a bachelor?s by passing a series of assessments that determine competency in a field of study.
The UW Flexible Option and the UW Inflexible Option
National Review Online
By now, you may well have read Wall Street Journal report Caroline Porter?s article on the University of Wisconsin?s new Flexible Option, a competency-based credentialing initiative that will allow students to gain credit for what they know rather than how long they?ve sat in a classroom.
Leg Affairs, students to lobby for tuition freeze
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin student government, in cooperation with a System group, reviewed a biennial budget campaign to lobby for tuition protection to be included the state?s new funding cycle.
Higher education neglected at great cost
Daily Cardinal
Last year was a rough year for students at public universities, as state legislatures throughout the country continued to cut funding to their universities. Nationwide, states underwent one of the largest divestments in higher education in American history, slashing funding by 7.6 percent. And in 2011, for the second consecutive year, state and local funding to public universities reached a quarter-century low despite the fact that enrollment and the cost of educating students reached near-record highs.
Governments that pay for a UW education: Students promise work in exchange for government scholarships
Daily Cardinal
Sher Minn Chong will graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison this Spring with no student debt and a clear post-graduation plan. But unlike many students, Chong, a government scholar from Malaysia, signed on to this plan before she even arrived in Madison.
Wisconsin budget surplus projected to grow to $484 million
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin?s budget picture brightened Thursday, with new estimates that show a surplus will grow to $484 million, giving Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker even more room to pursue their tax cutting agenda.
Q&A: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells talks about professor pay
Appleton Post-Crescent
One of the findings of Gannett Wisconsin Media?s ?What We Pay? series on public employee compensation is that pay for Universityof Wisconsin System professors averages about $86,000 a year, trailing the $90,000 average of technical college instructors.
Know Your Madisonian: Sarah Gillmore helps the homeless
Wisconsin State Journal
Sarah Gillmore grew up in rural Eau Claire, but now works to make things better for people in the city. Gillmore, 33, oversees Dane County?s new temporary warming house for homeless men and women on East Washington Avenue.
UW System salaries 18 percent below average
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin System faculty are earning 18 percent less pay than the national college and university average, UW System President Kevin Reilly revealed to the Board of Regents in December.
Lawmakers say UW System leaders lax on oversight of payroll, benefits
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Legislators scolded University of Wisconsin System leaders Tuesday during a hearing in Madison over what they called a troubling pattern of mismanagement and lack of oversight for employee payroll and benefits processing.