A report released today by the Department of Administration, the Department of Employee Trust Funds, and the Office of State Employment Relations recommended against any changes to the Wisconsin Retirement System. The report was requested as part of Act 32,…
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Pew: WRS Strongest in Nation; Study Due June 30; Governor Open to Changes
As reported earlier this year, Wisconsin Act 32 (the 2011-13 biennial budget) calls for a study of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The study, due later this week, will examine the establishment of a defined contribution plan, like a 401(k), as an…
Candidates Set for Fall Legislative Elections
The filing deadline for state legislative offices was June 1, and the Government Accountability Board has certified its list of candidates. The fall primary will be held Tuesday, August 14 — the date was moved up one month as part…
Tom Still: Nobody’s Talking Higher Education During Recall Election
Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, noted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett have said little about higher education during the current recall campaign. Still writes that funding for UW…
Legislative Task Force on UW Restructuring to Meet Wednesday
The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will have its final scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 6. The meeting will be held from 9 am to 2:30 pm in Room 412 East of the State Capitol. After…
Final Gubernatorial Debate Tonight
Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will meet for their final debate tonight before the recall election next Tuesday, June 5. The debate, hosted by Marquette Law School and cosponsored by WisPolitics.com, begins at 9 pm. It will be…
Gubernatorial Candidates Silent on Higher Education
Todd Finkelmeyer of The Capital Times has a great article about how little higher education has been discussed in the current gubernatorial recall campaigns. Finkelmeyer spoke to several UW-Madison faculty members including PROFS President Bill Tracy. Tracy argues that regardless…
Gubernatorial Debate Tonight
Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will face each other in a televised debate tonight, Friday, May 25. The debate will air at 8 pm on public television and radio stations throughout Wisconsin. A link to livestream audio…
edUtopia Wisconsin
Students in Journalism and Mass Communication professor Sue Robinson’s Journalism 335 class recently launched edUtopia, a multi-media website that showcases their semester-long research on public education in Wisconsin. Four areas of K-12 and higher education are highlighted — Education Costs,…
Voting in the June 5 Recall Elections
Wisconsin could make history as only the third state to recall a sitting governor on Tuesday, June 5. Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett will face Governor Scott Walker in the gubernatorial contest, and Madison firefighter Mahlon Mitchell will challenge Lieutenant Governor…