Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker released the following statement today after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the U.S. House of Representatives will use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the unemployment insurance drug testing rule. “This is outstanding news,
Contact: Karla Weber, 608-262-4942 karla.weber@wisc.edu, finaid.wisc.edu MADISON – More than half of UW-Madison undergraduates (53.4 percent) graduated with no debt in 2015-16, a 3 percent increase from the previous year. The total amount of debt by those who did borrow decreased by
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker presented 15 individuals, businesses, and organizations with the 2016 Governor’s Financial Literacy Award today during a ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The award honors recipients for their efforts to promote financial
The equalized aid formula is broken. A number of plans were proposed to fix the formula including ideas I supported. But the Governor’s new plan does nothing to fix the formula.
Walker is once again attempting illegitimately to exert control over the UW System, contrary to the organizing statutes. The power grab exercised through the budget process reduces regents to mere functionaries, infringing on their statutory independence.
Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first step in Wisconsin’s biennial budget process by introducing his executive budget. Walker calls it a “reform dividend” budget that is able to boost spending thanks to the reforms enacted in earlier budgets. There is a lot to like about Walker’s budget, but it suffers from a fundamental flaw: it spends way too much.
National TV news anchors were calling out Wisconsin voters February 7 immediately after the US Senate barely approved Betsy DeVos as new education secretary.
Though its costs were completely covered by subscribers, and the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine had a long and useful run, Scott Walker and Secretary Cathy Stepp are using the state budget to wipe out the credible, high-quality publication that published items no longer wanted by official Wisconsin.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for a law to protect offensive speech.
Concrete Clete and Don The Bridge are rolling in their graves, disgusted that a state once so progressive in building infrastructure now can only seem to throw its resources at building monstrous interchanges around the state’s bigger cities, while allowing the rest of our rural roads and bridges to crumble.
The examples abound when it comes to Republicans’ frightful predictions about Obama’s policies.
Today, Wisconsin Democrats are at their lowest ebb since, well, 1957. That’s 60 years, folks.
Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.
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Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker released the following statement today after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the U.S. House of Representatives will use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the unemployment insurance drug testing rule. “This is outstanding news, and I applaud Speaker Ryan and House leadership for scheduling
Contact: Karla Weber, 608-262-4942 karla.weber@wisc.edu, finaid.wisc.edu MADISON – More than half of UW-Madison undergraduates (53.4 percent) graduated with no debt in 2015-16, a 3 percent increase from the previous year. The total amount of debt by those who did borrow decreased by almost 2 percent, according to a report from the Office
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker presented 15 individuals, businesses, and organizations with the 2016 Governor’s Financial Literacy Award today during a ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The award honors recipients for their efforts to promote financial literacy in schools, the workplace, and communities throughout the state.
The equalized aid formula is broken. A number of plans were proposed to fix the formula including ideas I supported. But the Governor’s new plan does nothing to fix the formula.
Walker is once again attempting illegitimately to exert control over the UW System, contrary to the organizing statutes. The power grab exercised through the budget process reduces regents to mere functionaries, infringing on their statutory independence.
Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first step in Wisconsin’s biennial budget process by introducing his executive budget. Walker calls it a “reform dividend” budget that is able to boost spending thanks to the reforms enacted in earlier budgets. There is a lot to like about Walker’s budget, but it suffers from a fundamental flaw: it spends way too much.
National TV news anchors were calling out Wisconsin voters February 7 immediately after the US Senate barely approved Betsy DeVos as new education secretary.
Though its costs were completely covered by subscribers, and the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine had a long and useful run, Scott Walker and Secretary Cathy Stepp are using the state budget to wipe out the credible, high-quality publication that published items no longer wanted by official Wisconsin.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for a law to protect offensive speech.
Concrete Clete and Don The Bridge are rolling in their graves, disgusted that a state once so progressive in building infrastructure now can only seem to throw its resources at building monstrous interchanges around the state’s bigger cities, while allowing the rest of our rural roads and bridges to crumble.
The examples abound when it comes to Republicans’ frightful predictions about Obama’s policies.
Today, Wisconsin Democrats are at their lowest ebb since, well, 1957. That’s 60 years, folks.
Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.
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