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The state's Assembly's proposed $120 million cut to the UW System budget has UW-Stevens Point officials worried they will have to make personnel reductions and eliminate academic programs and has campus students concerned over the potential implementation of differential tuition; the Legislature's bipartisan conference committee will begin crafting its version of the budget in the coming weeks.
A column levying heavy criticism for the state Assembly's proposed $120 million cut to the UW System's budget.
This column bemoans the secrecy and partisanship that according to this writer, have defined the state's budget-setting process in recent weeks.
An editorial analyzing a recent legislative proposal to zero-fund the UW-Madison Law School.
Related: "Get all the goofy, extraneous stuff out of the state budget," La Crosse Tribune, July 17.
Officials from the Educational Communications Board said while potential cuts to Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio would not immediately affect the ability of the state's Amber Alert and other warning systems, residents would see a long-term degradation of these services due to lack of funding to the organizations that maintain them.
Gov. Jim Doyle said the state Legislature needs to craft a budget in an efficient enough manner where UW System schools will not have to raise tuition further because of uncertainty regarding state support.
Related: "Doyle asks public to join fight against Republican budget," Superior Daily Telegram, July 16.
This editorial laments the exclusion of UW-Madison as a finalist for a federal disease laboratory, saying the proposal lacked the local support needed to make a nearby Wisconsin town a viable site for the facility.