Sen. Lasee says cuts aren’t that big
State Sen. Frank Lasee is among the state lawmakers who argue that Gov. Walker’s proposed reductions for the UW System aren’t as large as UW officials make them out to be. When measured against...
State Sen. Frank Lasee is among the state lawmakers who argue that Gov. Walker’s proposed reductions for the UW System aren’t as large as UW officials make them out to be. When measured against...
We told you here yesterday about the growing number of UW-Green Bay alumni now serving in the state Legislature. We erred, however, by omitting yet another Phoenix alum, Tyler Vorpagel ’07. Vorpagel, an aide...
We told you here recently about the Nov. 4 reelection of UW-Green Bay alumni Frank Lasee ’86, R-Ledgeview (state Senate); and Scott Krug ’09, R-Rome (state Assembly). It turns out UW-Green Bay had another...
Here’s an interesting take from the Madison publication Isthmus. One of their columnists posits that new UW System President Ray Cross might be the perfect man for these times, given his apparent ability to...
Remember the bill introduced by state Sen. Dave Hansen in a news conference last fall at the Cofrin Library? That proposal, called the “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” bill, would create a new state authority...
We told you here yesterday about a student debt relief bill that was touted by state Sen. Dave Hansen and others during a Wednesday (Oct. 30) press conference held in the Cofrin Library, in...
A pair of Democratic state lawmakers used the plaza level of the UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library as a setting for a news conference Wednesday morning, Oct. 30. State Sen. Dave Hansen (at lectern) and...
The $70 billion state budget is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker, after the state Senate narrowly approved the spending plan shortly after midnight Friday (June 21). The budget includes a UW System-wide...
Speaking candidly to a meeting of the Madison Rotary Club, outgoing UW-Madison chancellor David Ward said Wednesday he believes the university was “rightfully dinged” by the Legislature for not being forthcoming about a $650...
Lawmakers are meeting today (May 23) in Madison to discuss a proposed UW System tuition freeze, as well as taxpayer funding for the System and its member campuses. The Joint Finance Committee is likely...