Category: State budget

If proposals by two Republican governors are approved, public universities in Illinois and Wisconsin could soon experience sweeping layoffs, program eliminations and possible campus closures.

Budget season is a busy time of year for Todd Berry — but the president of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance is quick to mention that analyzing the complex state spending bill every two years is not all his organization does.

University of Wisconsin student government representatives from across the state are calling on legislators to reject Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut in the UW System budget.

Governor Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million dollars in cuts to the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years, along with an offer of greater autonomy and flexibility, through creation of a public authority. The United Council of UW System Students oppose those cuts, as well as making the UW System a public authority.

Recent comments about the state budget by University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank are drawing criticism from two top Republicans in the Legislature.

The partisan rhetoric is heating up in Madison around proposed state budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin System, and today, it’s the Democrats taking names.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker . . . Republican presidential hopeful . . . wants to cut deep into his state’s prized public university system, and maybe its vision. On Point hears the debate.

Gov. Scott Walker took to social media to downplay the scope of his cuts in funding to the University of Wisconsin system in his 2015-’17 budget proposal.

The Great Room of the Yellowjacket Union at the University of Wisconsin-Superior was less than half-filled for a forum on Monday, but at one point about half of those in attendance had their hands raised.

SUPERIOR, Wis. — Wisconsin lawmakers, and the University of Wisconsin–Superior Chancellor listened as faculty, students and alumni voiced their concerns about proposed University of Wisconsin System budget cuts Monday night.

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker has cited his experience battling unions here four years ago as proof that voters appreciate a political leader willing to “go big and go bold.”

Gov. Scott Walker’s University of Wisconsin System budget proposal could give the UW more autonomy over a number of systems which are currently run by the state, including the Minnesota reciprocity system, which provides residents of Minnesota near in-state tuition rates at UW schools and vice versa.

A proposal in Gov. Scott Walker’s two-year budget would likely make Wisconsin the only state without oversight of for-profit colleges, at a time when many others are ramping up their level of supervision over colleges that face heavy scrutiny throughout the nation.

STEVENS POINT — Faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are facing certain job eliminations if Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to the UW System — the largest in school history — are adopted by the Legislature, according to Chancellor Bernie Patterson.

University of Wisconsin students, faculty, and supporters rallied in Madison over the weekend. Hundreds braved bone chilling cold temperatures and high winds, to voice opposition to a state budget proposal that would slash $300 million in state funding for the system, while giving campuses more autonomy.