Following an election that left Wisconsin Republicans again in charge of the legislature and subsequently all future funding for the UW System, the state’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors issued a letter seeking renewed support across the state for higher education.
Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, credited President-elect Donald Trump for the historic Republican growth in Wisconsin’s Assembly majority alongside Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Wednesday. Steineke and Vos are among state GOP leaders to embrace Tuesday’s election results with a unifying tone. “There’s no question President-elect Trump brought a whole new group of people into the process,” Steineke said.
Hours after her shocking defeat to Republican Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton formally conceded the presidential race in a speech to supporters Wednesday. The speech was supposed to be her crowning achievement, adding another honor to a decorated career as former first lady, U.S.
Thousands of students across Wisconsin cast their ballots Tuesday in the hopes that their voice will influence the future policy decisions of our nation.
The Wisconsin Idea–the UW System’s grounding principle for outreach to the state—will only be put into action when all students have access to affordable education, according to Sara Goldrick-Rab, former UW-Madison sociology professor and author of “Paying the Price.” In her Tuesday lecture “The Future of Wisconsin Higher Education,” Goldrick-Rab investigated how the state’s student aid policies are falling short of meeting student need and are failing the students who need it most. “To me, what the Wisconsin Idea has meant in my life is to do better than this,” Goldrick-Rab said.
Many UW-Madison undergraduate students voted in a presidential election for the first time during this election cycle.
As the push for election engagement wrapped up Tuesday night, Associated Students of Madison leaders assessed the efforts they made to encourage voting across the campus community.
Many UW-Madison students headed to the polls on Election Day, though one in particular didn’t vote for a presidential candidate—he casted a vote for every other position on the ballot instead. Tuesday marked the second election Eric Underwood, a graduate student and registered Republican from Illinois, voted in; however, in 2012 he cast a vote for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I just feel much better about myself not voting for anyone and not writing anyone in either,” Underwood said about casting his absentee ballot.
The UW-Madison campus hosted watch parties for attendees of all party affiliations to observe as the results came in for the elections, which resulted in Donald Trump being named president elect of the United States.
Republicans maintained their majorities in both the state Assembly and state Senate Tuesday. With all 99 seats in the state Assembly up for election, the Republicans earned enough seats to maintain control of the chamber.
House Republicans maintained a majority in Wisconsin and nationwide, an unsurprising result in an otherwise volatile election season.
Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson battled Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold for the Wisconsin Senate seat Tuesday, winning a second term despite trailing in every poll before Election Day. Even though many considered Feingold the favorite, the race tightened up during the last week, showing a close statistical tie before election day. Johnson celebrated his victory in his hometown of Oshkosh, where Gov.
Harnessing bitter resentment toward America’s shifting social norms and economic base, the political upstart Donald Trump wins the race for America’s presidency over the heavily favored Hillary Clinton. No matter the label that leaders of either party brought down on him—bigot, misogynist, ignorant, sexual predator—Trump remained afloat.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton entered the night as the favorite to win the White House. But as the night wore on, Clinton’s odds of winning dwindled.
Despite an overwhelming focus on the outcome of national races, Election Day is also important for local ballot initiatives such as a referendum to increase the budget for public schools in Madison.
As voters head to the polls, follow our live blog here throughout the day to get the latest breaking news on national, statewide and local elections.
Students experienced African culture with authentic food at the annual "Taste of Africa" event hosted by the African Students Association of Madison Monday. The event kicked-off Africa Week, which takes place Nov. 7-11.
A state representative who introduced two bills expanding concealed carry to public schools and university buildings doubled down on his position Monday, comparing the need for more guns in schools to fire education. State Rep.
UW-Madison student-athletes of color voiced their demands for university changes following recent occurrences of racial injustice on campus through Twitter Monday.
The Faculty Senate discussed a number of issues on campus at their meeting Monday, including the noose costume controversy, Alec Cook and faculty tenure review policy. The meeting began with Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Marsha Mailick presenting updates on the university’s research enterprise initiatives.
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