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…
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…