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U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., announced he will not be attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and that he would be attending the Women’s March in Madison the following day.
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Congressman weighs in on tuition cut proposal and upcoming Capitol marches

By Lilly Price | Jan. 19, 2017

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said financial aid is a bigger issue than the cost of tuition and encouraged Wisconsin residents to participate in grassroots movements during an intimate news conference Thursday. The congressman was hesitant to support Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed in-state tuition cut for all UW System undergraduates, stating that if Walker doesn’t cover the costs of lost revenue the system will no longer be a renowned institution.

President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of voucher and charter school proponent Betsy DeVos to Secretary of Education has become one of the most controversial of his cabinet picks.
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UW-Madison expert: Secretary of Education nominee DeVos is ‘anti-public school,’ ‘anti-teacher’

By Lilly Price | Jan. 18, 2017

Wisconsin legislators and public school supporters remain wary following controversial Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos’s confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of billionaire DeVos to the position has been hotly contested both in Washington and throughout the nation. Criticism stems from DeVos’s lack of experience in public education and that neither she nor her children have attended a public school. DeVos’s advocacy for school choice in the form of taxpayer-funded voucher schools and charter schools has also raised concern.

Gov. Scott Walker's new proposal will end the current tuition freeze at UW System schools and lower tuition for Wisconsin residents. The percentage tuition will be reduced by has not been disclosed.
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In-state tuition cut aims to make college more affordable for Wisconsin students

By Lilly Price | Jan. 17, 2017

Gov. Scott Walker plans to cut in-state undergraduate tuition, which many view as a move that could help ease the burden of college costs and propel Wisconsin students to a dream of receiving a higher education. The state hasn’t seen a tuition reduction since 1982. Although Walker didn’t elaborate on the details of the proposed tuition reduction when he announced it during his State of the State address last week, he did explain that the cut would extend to all of the 26 UW System schools. The tuition cut does not apply to out-of-state students or graduate students.

President-elect Donald Trump visited West Allis Tuesday as part of his “Thank You Tour” Jill Stein’s recount resulted in an additional 131 votes for Trump.
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President-elect Donald Trump visits Milwaukee County on 'Thank You Tour'

By Lilly Price | Dec. 14, 2016

WEST ALLIS, Wis.—Dressed in matching black “Make America Great Again hats,” Trump pins and white Trump t-shirts, Juliana McMan and her three sisters stood together, eagerly waiting to see President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday night. McMan, a day-one Trump supporter and a recent DePaul University graduate, traveled two hours from her home in western Illinois to the State Fairgrounds where she was one in a crowd of thousands that attended Trump’s “Thank You Tour.” “The Chicago rally got shut down because crazy protesters and stuff,” McMan said.

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Student climate activists brace for Trump

By Lucas Sczygelski | Nov. 21, 2016

As last week’s election shock dissipates, climate change activists and policy professionals are coming to terms with a president-elect who rejects climate science as conspiracy and promises to roll back regulatory regimes and international agreements meant to curtail carbon emissions.

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Priebus to serve as Trump’s chief of staff

By Jake Skubish | Nov. 13, 2016

Reince Priebus will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, according to a statement from Trump Sunday. Priebus, the Republican National Committee Chairman, will provide Trump with the experience and political connections the billionaire outsider lacks.

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Students skip ballot box over choosing between Clinton, Trump

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Nov. 9, 2016

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.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., earned a second term in Congress Tuesday, defeating old rival, Democrat Russ Feingold.
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Ron Johnson wins second six-year term as Wisconsin’s U.S. senator

By Emily Curtis and Lilly Price | Nov. 9, 2016

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.

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