May 18, 2024
Funds

Lawmakers agree on opioid plan, remain deadlocked on PFAS, hospital funds • Wisconsin Examiner

Republican state lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget committee rewrote the spending plan Tuesday for Wisconsin’s next allotment of opioid settlement money, throwing out items the state health department had pushed for and instead boosting spending on existing programs to address addiction to the powerful drugs. The committee’s GOP leaders also once again snubbed Gov. Tony

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Finance

UD outlines financial pressures for Joint Finance Committee | The Latest from WDEL News

Higher costs are facing higher education, and that’s leading to unpleasant choices at the University of Delaware. UD is one institution of higher learning that receives funding in the state budget. President Dr. Dennis Assanis appeared this week before the General Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee, which is reviewing Governor John Carney’s budget proposal for Fiscal

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