(CNN) -- By mid-May, the US will likely be coming up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic -- more doses of the vaccines than people who are willing to receive them, according to data that…
Gov. Scott Walker's democratic challenger Mary Burke said Tuesday the state should make sure it actually has a surplus before it spends it.
Several regents of the University of Wisconsin System say UW officials should have been more transparent about their financial numbers, so lawmakers wouldn't have felt blindsided by news of a cash surplus.
Gov. Scott Walker has submitted a revised budget for the University of Wisconsin System that officially calls for freezing tuition over the next two years and additional spending cuts in light of news the university has a $650 million surplus.
The state will take in much more money than expected in the next two years. New estimates out Thursday show the budget picture getting much better and lawmakers have to decide what to do with the cash.
Cranberry growers say they are struggling after many invested in new plants or expanding their farms only to see fruit prices fall.
University of Wisconsin System officials are telling legislators they expect to have $1.2 billion in reserve by the end of June.
Some state lawmakers are saying the UW System shouldn't get the increases planned in the state budget, as the fallout continues from a surplus that's shocked the legislature.
Republican legislators are giving University of Wisconsin System officials a tongue-lashing over a report that shows the system has squirreled away a massive tuition surplus while raising students' rates for years.
A new Legislative Fiscal Bureau report shows the University of Wisconsin System will finish the current fiscal year with nearly $650 million sitting in reserve, including $414.1 million in surplus tuition dollars, prompting calls from Republican legislative leaders for a tuition freeze.
Wisconsin's budget surplus is projected to be higher than previously estimated.
Gov. Scott Walker says it's reasonable to expect an income tax cut he plans to propose in the state budget will be around $342 million.
