Tag: state legislature
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Sen. Lasee says cuts aren’t that big
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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 the totality of the System’s $6.1 billion annual budget, Lasee says, a $150 million cut is a 2.5 percent reduction. (System…
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Elected alumni: Six (6!) former Phoenix, not five, serving in Legislature
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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 to retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, was elected Nov. 4 to the state Assembly seat for District 27. He joins alumni…
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Another elected alum brings total to five Phoenix in state Legislature
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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 alumnus, Romaine R. Quinn ’14, newly elected to the Assembly that day, bringing the total number of Phoenix alumni serving in…
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Ability to work with Republicans seen as advantage for new UW System president
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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 work with what could be a long-lived Republican legislature.
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‘Higher Ed, Lower Debt’ bill gets hearing in Madison
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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 that would offer up to 763,000 Wisconsin residents a chance to refinance their college loans, and allow borrowers to deduct up…
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More on student debt: Editorial, review of yesterday’s coverage
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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 front of the Division of Outreach and Adult Access. In addition to the news coverage we mentioned, the Green Bay Press-Gazette…
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Legislators stump for ‘Higher Ed, Lower Debt’ bill
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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 Rep. Eric Genrich described their support for a proposed bill that would establish a Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority to allow…
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In the news: Budget heads to Walker after narrow state Senate approval
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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 tuition freeze, as well as a $52 million GPR/fee reduction Systemwide, and a one-time Systemwide budget lapse. The state Senate passed…
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Outgoing UW-Madison chancellor says Legislature had cause for UW cuts
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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 million surplus. Less than a month before he retires as chancellor for the second time, Ward said he understood why lawmakers…
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Today in Madison: Joint Finance considers tuition freeze, taxpayer funding
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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 to write a two-year tuition freeze into the budget, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, and also will discuss how much taxpayer…