Category: State budget

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gov. Scott Walker called for a $343 million income tax cut, education reform and economic development initiatives in his biennial budget address Wednesday.

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.

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.

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.

Gov. Scott Walker said during his State of the State speech that hes doubling down on efforts to meet his 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs over four years.

Gov. Scott Walker pledged Thursday to cut income taxes in the state budget he signs this summer, calling it the best way to spark the economy. But he also said the reduction would be phased in over a number of years.

Speaking before a packed house at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California, Gov. Scott Walker unveiled major components of his upcoming legislative agenda, including “massive tax reform” consisting of cuts in state income and property taxes.

Although the law?s supporters are likely to appeal the decision, a circuit court judge struck down the collective bargaining law passed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public employees.

The University of Wisconsin System regents have approved a budget proposal that seeks an additional $21 million in state funding.

The University of Wisconsin System will propose a budget asking for an additional $21 million in state funding, according to a preliminary request released Monday.

A $66 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System?s budget will not be made permanent, Gov. Scott Walker said in a letter to state agencies. The university is one of a handful of agencies Walker wrote to Tuesday to declare them exempt from permanent cuts going into the next two-year budget cycle. The Associated Press obtained that letter Friday.

MADISON ? A $66 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System?s budget will not be permanent, Gov. Scott Walker said in a letter to state agencies.

AS THE RECALL craziness fades into memory, we would like to suggest one of the next reform targets for Gov. Scott Walker?s consideration. The University of Wisconsin system and it?s punishing penchant for jacking up tuition costs for students and families.

Easy answers are hard to find for how the University of Wisconsin System can continue offering the same quality education at an affordable cost with less state support.But a task force advising the Legislature on flexibilities that could help make campuses more efficient wrestled with several key issues during an all-day hearing Wednesday in Madison, including the role tuition should play in supporting campuses and financial aid, and how the best and brightest faculty and administrators can be attracted and retained if salaries aren?t competitive.

Unveiling deep budget cuts to schools and local governments one year ago, Gov. Scott Walker assured voters that the reductions could be more than offset by cuts to public workers? compensation.

Democrats and unions confidently countered that the Republican governor?s cuts of more than $1 billion would prove devastating to schools and local governments despite his repeal of most collective bargaining by public workers. The competing claims already are playing a role in the looming recall election against Walker.

The Joint Finance Committee allocated $123 million in state budget cuts for the coming year along party lines Wednesday, $46 million of which will come from the UW System.