By Nyesha Stone County Board Chairman Theo Lipscomb had County leaders identify budget cuts that would total more than $20 million, which would include service cuts, layoffs and worker … [Read more...]
Chancellor Blank asks state to reinvest in higher education
By Cadence Bambenek During a campus budget forum held Wednesday evening at the Gordon Dining and Event Center, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank asserted now is the time for the … [Read more...]
Tensions Grow on UW-Milwaukee Campus Over Budget Process, Cuts
By Geoffrey Marshall Courtesy of Media Milwaukee Around 15 members of UW-Milwaukee’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors marched into Chapman Hall partway through the … [Read more...]
UW-Milwaukee Takes Second-Largest Hit in UW-System Budget Cuts
By Maria Corpus University of Wisconsin campuses learned the final budget numbers for the 2015-16 year on Monday, with UW-Milwaukee (UWM) receiving $18 million in cuts — the second-largest … [Read more...]
Administrators, Representatives Concerned Over Proposed Cuts to UW-System
By Graham Thomas Kilmer On Tuesday February, 3 Governor Scott Walker released his budget proposal, a plan that includes a proposed $300 million cut in funding to the UWSystem and the … [Read more...]
Mayor Barrett questions legality of Recycling Fund raid
In a letter to Department of Administration Secretary Huebsch and Department of Natural Resources Secretary Stepp, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett questioned the State’s legal authority to reduce 2011 … [Read more...]