IN MY OPINION: Why has UWM, the state’s second flagship university, been stiffed by Evers?

IN MY OPINION: Why has UWM, the state’s second flagship university, been stiffed by Evers?

April 26, 2023

By JOHN TORINUS

How can it be that Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are chopped liver in the governor’s massive building budget for 2023-25?

In late February, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers rolled out his ambitious budget proposal for $3.8 billion in buildings upgrades across Wisconsin. About half would be paid out from the state’s whopping $7 billion plus surplus. Of that, $1.8 billion would go to the UW System for bricks-and-mortar building projects.

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