University of Wisconsin faculty and staff should receive a 2 percent pay raise in each of the next two years, a Board of Regents committee recommended Thursday, even though the incoming Republican governor has called on the school to do more with less and a key lawmaker has called for no increases. That decision by the regents? business committee will likely be approved by the full board on Friday, but ultimately it?s up to the state Legislature to decide how much money is available to the university for salaries. A 2 percent increase in pay costs about $19 million a year, which comes both from tuition and state taxpayer money. The state faces a two-year $3.3 billion budget shortfall.
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