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Baldwin requests committee to take up Perkins Loan legislation
By Will Husted | Sep. 27, 2017As uncertainty looms over a federal student loan program’s potential expiration this month, U.S.
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Democrats introduce bill to automatically register citizens to vote amid study that found the state’s voter ID law prevented thousands from voting
By Andy Goldstein | Sep. 27, 2017Between 17,000 to 23,000 registered voters were prevented from casting a ballot in Madison and Milwaukee during the last presidential election, according to a recent study. On Tuesday, Democratic state legislators introduced a bill to enact automatic voter registration across the state to boost political participation. The study, conducted by UW-Madison Political Science Professor Kenneth Mayer, concluded that between approximately 17,000 and 23,000 registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee counties, both heavy Democratic strongholds, were prevented from casting ballots in the election due to current state law. Wisconsin’s voter ID law had been held up in court for years, but was in effect last year, when President Donald Trump won the state by about 23,000 votes. “While the total number affected in Milwaukee and Dane Counties is smaller than the margin of victory in the 2016 presidential election, that is the wrong measure,” Mayer stated in a press release.
STATE NEWS
Baldwin requests DACA deadline extension due to hurricane complications
By Dylan Ayer | Sep. 26, 2017Amid GOP congressmen trying to reach a bipartisan decision to end the DACA program, also known as the Dreamer proposal, one of Wisconsin’s senators requested to extend the program’s deadline in the wake of the recent hurricanes that have affected the country.
STATE NEWS
Wisconsin Republican legislators take to social media to criticize NFL, Packers protest
By Leah Kramer | Sep. 25, 2017Game days generally unify the state of Wisconsin behind the Green Bay Packers. But this past Sunday, football divided state legislators along party lines.
STATE NEWS
Kathleen Vinehout, dairy farmer and state lawmaker, joins race for governor
By Noah Habenstreit | Sep. 25, 2017Another Democratic face is in the 2018 race for Gov. Scott Walker’s seat.
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Baldwin criticizes Obamacare repeal in Madison appearance
By Andy Goldstein | Sep. 24, 2017As Senate Republicans consider new legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., held a press conference Sunday to criticize the effort, and encourage continued public pressure in opposition to it. The bill, sponsored by U.S.
STATE NEWS
New caucus of young lawmakers aims to close partisan gaps
By Benita Mathew | Sep. 21, 2017In an attempt to end partisan divides and craft policy in technology, entrepreneurship and other areas, Democrats and Republicans under the age of 40 created a “millennial caucus” Wednesday. Lead by state Reps.
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State senator fires back at UW student clothing line
By Lilly Price | Sep. 20, 2017State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, called for local law enforcement to take action against UW-Madison student Eneale Pickett, who released a video earlier this week promoting his clothing line that Nass says is racist and anti-police. Pickett owns a clothing line called Insert Apparel, which he says is meant to initiate conversations about social justice by printing controversial messages on clothing. His newest line is centered on police brutality on black Americans.
STATE NEWS
UW provisions among Walker’s vetoes
By Emily Curtis | Sep. 20, 2017Gov. Scott Walker issued 99 partial vetoes of the state’s two-year budget on Wednesday, rejecting several highly-anticipated additions to the bill, which was written by the Republican-held Wisconsin Legislature.
STATE NEWS
The Republican Governors Association calls it a news outlet. Others say it’s propaganda.
By Lilly Price | Sep. 19, 2017The Republican Governors Association, led by Gov. Scott Walker, is getting heat from both sides of the aisle. The RGA runs a website called “The Free Telegraph” that presents itself as a media outlet but is paid for and controlled by the association.
STATE NEWS
Progressive Randy Bryce looks to ride viral ad to an upset over Paul Ryan
By Andy Goldstein | Sep. 18, 2017In 2018 Democrats hope to win their biggest electoral achievement since former President Barack Obama’s reelection: a congressional majority. Randy Bryce hopes to lead that charge, launching a difficult and insurgent campaign against House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville. Bryce is pitching himself as the Wisconsin solution to the Washington problem: a progressive union worker, cancer-survivor, Army veteran, and labor organizer who wants to take on powerful special interests. In an age of widespread distrust in government, it’s his authenticity that he hopes to win on. “I’m not trying to be anything I’m not,” Bryce told The Daily Cardinal.
STATE NEWS
State’s two-year budget almost finalized after Senate vote
By Lilly Price | Sep. 15, 2017The Republican-controlled state Senate clinched just enough votes Friday to pass Wisconsin’s two-year budget and send it to Gov.
STATE NEWS
Foxconn passes Assembly, heads to Walker
By Lilly Price | Sep. 14, 2017The incentive package that would give Foxconn $3 billion in incentives passed through the state Assembly Thursday with bipartisan support, sending it to Gov.
STATE NEWS
Budget passes Assembly; future in Senate uncertain
By Emily Curtis | Sep. 13, 2017Without a clear idea if the state Senate has enough votes to pass the state’s two-year budget, the overdue spending bill lurched forward with passage in the state Assembly Wednesday. The $75.7 billion budget is more than two months late due to several disputes between Republican leaders over transportation funding and tax levels.
STATE NEWS
State Senate approves $3 billion Foxconn incentive package
By Max Bayer | Sep. 12, 2017The state Senate voted 20-13 to pass the Foxconn incentive bill Tuesday nearly on party lines, with one Democrat supporting the legislation and one Republican opposing it. The bill will now return to the State Assembly for a vote Thursday before Gov. Scott Walker.
STATE NEWS
Trump administration to replace campus sexual assault rules
By Lilly Price | Sep. 7, 2017Universities across the country may have to rewrite their policies on how to handle investigations of sexual assault on campus, U.S.
STATE NEWS
Budget-writing committee finalizes two-month late budget
By Lilly Price | Sep. 6, 2017The state’s budget writing committee wrapped up their work Wednesday, completing the budget two months late and adding in multiple provisions affecting the UW System. In the last motion of the budget, the state’s Joint Finance Committee threw in non-fiscal items proposed in Walker’s budget pitch which had previously been removed. Those provisions included a policy to track and report how many hours UW System professors teach in a classroom.
STATE NEWS
Foxconn incentive bill passes out of budget-writing committee, on to Senate
By Lilly Price | Sep. 5, 2017Legislation to secure Wisconsin's multi-billion dollar investment in bringing a technology giant to the state is moving swiftly through the state Legislature after the state’s budget writing committee passed the incentive package Tuesday on a party-line vote. Lawmakers hope to pass two massive pieces of legislation by the end of the week.
STATE NEWS
UW-Madison campus to receive millions in funding to maintain buildings
By Lilly Price | Aug. 28, 2017The state’s budget-writing committee unanimously voted Monday to approve a proposal that would give UW-Madison $60 million to repair and maintain buildings on campus. The bipartisan 16-0 vote by the Joint Finance Committee grants $1 billion for building projects throughout the state, $60 million of that portion going toward the UW System.
STATE NEWS
Bill to end agreement between UW, Planned Parenthood received committee hearing
By Sammy Gibbons | Jul. 18, 2017State lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on a bill which would bar UW medical students from receiving training on how to perform an abortion, a move which critics say could threaten the accreditation of some programs. The bill, sponsored by state Rep.
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