Monthly Archive: March 2015

Joint Finance announces public hearings

Joint Finance announces public hearings

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has announced four regional public hearings for later this month to take comments on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 budget proposal. The panel will meet March 18 at Brillion High...

Rally recap, and snapshots

Rally recap, and snapshots

The need for continuing, bipartisan support of the UW System was the main message at a rally outside the University Union late Wednesday afternoon (March 4). A crowd of about 75 braved bitter cold...

Press-Gazette coverage

Press-Gazette coverage

The Green Bay Press-Gazette rated Wednesday’s anti-budget-cut rally on campus its top local story of the day, giving coverage by reporter Patti Zarling and photographer Evan Siegle front-page treatment. Zarling mostly interviewed students about...

Fox-11 report focuses on political outlook

Fox-11 report focuses on political outlook

Fox-11 reporter Ben Krumholz (yet another UW-Green Bay grad) opened his report with a sound bite from junior Sierra Storm Spaulding that, again, emphasized the need for bipartisanship. “We’re not attacking the (Walker) administration,”...

More TV coverage

More TV coverage

A Local 5 news report on Wednesday’s rally noted that UW System officials have said any savings related to proposed autonomy for the System would take time to materialize, leaving the Universities to deal...

Videostreaming of today’s Regents meeting

Videostreaming of today’s Regents meeting

The Board of Regents’ March one-day meeting is being webcast live from Madison this week, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday, March 5). A link to the webcast is on the UW...