Lynn Hatter

1 week ago | news.wfsu.org | Lynn Hatter

A late-added budget amendment to the state’s 2025-2026 spending plan will give Florida A&M University the ability to side-step a state law that caps the amount of public money state colleges and universities can spend on presidential salaries. The move comes amid a bitter standoff between FAMU’s Board of Trustees and its Foundation over Marva Johnson’s compensation package. Florida law currently caps the amount of public money spent on college and university presidential salaries at $200,000.

3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Lynn Hatter

Florida A&M University is proposing a $650,000 salary for its new president, Marva Johnson. According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be $150,000 more than her predecessor and comes with a 3% annual raise, housing and car allowance, along with a faculty position at the FAMU College of Law after the end of her presidency, with some exceptions. The figure is $100,000 less than Johnson asked.

3 weeks ago | wuwf.org | Lynn Hatter

Florida A&M University is proposing a $650,000 salary for its new president, Marva Johnson. According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be $150,000 more than her predecessor was making, and comes with a 3% annual raise, housing and car allowance, along with a faculty position at the FAMU College of Law after the end of her presidency, with some exceptions. The figure is $100,000 less than Johnson asked.

3 weeks ago | news.wfsu.org | Lynn Hatter

Florida A&M University is proposing a $650,000 salary for its new president, Marva Johnson. According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be $150,000 more than her predecessor was making, and comes with a 3% annual raise, housing and car allowance, along with a faculty position at the FAMU College of Law after the end of her presidency, with some exceptions. The figure is $100,000 less than Johnson asked.

4 weeks ago | news.wfsu.org | Margie Menzel |Lynn Hatter

The Florida legislature’s republican majority remains at impasse over a state budget even as the start of the next fiscal year, looms. This comes as state agencies and others grow increasingly concerned about a possible government shutdown. A memo from the House and Senate leadership offices tells lawmakers not to plan on returning to Tallahassee before Monday, June 2nd. Initially, it was expected they’d come back after Memorial Day.