Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel offers two editorials about granting UW System increased management flexibilities. First, the Journal Sentinel’s editorial board argues that UW campuses deserve more autonomy and should be given more control over their finances and building projects: The…
Author: Michelle Felber
State Corrections Budget Surpasses UW System Budget
Last week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that for the first time the state’s corrections budget was larger than the state’s allocation to the University of Wisconsin System. In 2011, the state spent $2.25 billion on prisons and correctional facilities…
Thompson, Pocan Win Primaries
Capping off a contentious race, former Governor Tommy Thompson held off three challengers Tuesday to become the Republican nominee for United States Senate. He will face Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin in November. State Representative Mark Pocan handily beat State Representative Kelda…
Primary Election August 14
Wisconsin partisan primaries will be held next Tuesday, August 14. Polls are open statewide from 7 am to 8 pm. Absentee voting Voters in Wisconsin may vote by absentee ballot at at a municipal clerk’s office until 5 pm or…
Congressional Forum Tuesday, August 7
PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: PROFS is cosponsoring a forum featuring candidates in Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District Democratic primary at 7 pm tomorrow (Tuesday, August 7) in Grainger Hall’s Plenary Room, 975 University Avenue. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and WISC-TV3 will…
August 7 Second Congressional District Candidate Forum
PROFS is cosponsoring a forum featuring candidates in Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District Democratic primary on August 7. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) is leaving the House of Representatives to run for the United States Senate, leaving the seat open for the…
PROFS to Host Candidate Forums
PROFS will host two public forums featuring Democratic candidates in newly-drawn legislative districts just outside Madison. Legislative primaries in Wisconsin will now be held on the second Tuesday in August — this year, August 14. The date was moved from…
Democrats to Control State Senate
State Senator Van Wangaard (R-Racine) said yesterday that he will not pursue a lawsuit challenging the results of the recount of his June 5 recall election, clearing the way for John Lehman (D-Racine) to be sworn in as early as…
Michael Bernard-Donals: University of Virginia’s Experience Resonates Here
English and Jewish Studies professor Michael Bernard-Donals offers his perspective on the University of Virginia crisis in the Sunday, June 8 Wisconsin State Journal. Bernard-Donals, a member of the University Committee, the PROFS Board of Directors, and the PROFS Steering…
Campus Connection: Lessons for UW-Madison
Todd Finkelmeyer has an excellent piece about the University of Virginia crisis in this week’s Capital Times. Finkelmeyer notes that while the Virginia crisis failed to attract much local attention, several UW-Madison faculty followed the situation with interest and concern:…