Tagged: state legislature
In preparation for the upcoming 2017-19 legislative session, UW System state relations directors have assembled contact information for a list of key legislative leaders from both parties and both houses. The pdf guide includes...
The complex process of writing new tenure policies for University of Wisconsin System faculty took a turn recently that frustrated professors and led some to question whether efforts at UW-Madison to write strong layoff...
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s opinion page thinks very little of a plan by two Republican state senators to overrule the UW System ban on deadly weapons in campus buildings.
Stacie Christian, director of inclusive excellence for UW-Green Bay, was interviewed by Local 5 News for her reaction to a proposal by two state lawmakers to regulate how local K-12 districts deal with bathroom...
Members of the UW System Board of Regents took advantage of Friday’s meeting in Whitewater to publically speak out against an Assembly bill that would make it a felony to conduct research with newly...
U.S. Representative Reid Ribble is a sponsor of H.R. 3120, the Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2015, a bill he says would help equip farmers to reduce excess nutrient loading that has...
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary L. Miller distributed a short letter with the title “Budget Reduction Update” to UW-Green Bay faculty and staff members this morning (April 21). He shared that the University’s leaders and...
Vos says Walker cut similar to Doyle’s Robin Vos says Walker cut to UW budget is similar to Doyle’s but Dems didn’t protest UW-Superior joins UW-Eau Claire in offering buyouts to some employees
It doesn’t look like the Legislature will support Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to grant the UW System autonomy from state oversight and laws, including the setting of tuition rates, key lawmakers said Tuesday. That’s...