Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday his plan to include a “Back to School” sales tax holiday in Wisconsin’s 2017-19 biennial budget.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is deploying a new tool in his quest to fight back against Democratic challenger Russ Feingold and retain his seat in the Senate: Snapchat. Johnson’s campaign announced Wednesday that they would deploy ads on the social media app on nine college campuses throughout the state, including UW-Madison.
Assembly Republicans unveiled their 2017 agenda Wednesday, a plan which includes extending the tuition freeze at UW System schools and increasing the presence of conservatives on campuses. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, introduced the three-part plan, which they named the “Forward” agenda, after the state’s motto.
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, released an op-ed Tuesday urging for more conservative speakers to be hosted at UW System campuses. The op-ed, titled “A Free Speech Challenge to the UW System” and published by Right Wisconsin, claims liberal ideology is disproportionately offered at university-sponsored lectures across the state. The article calls on UW System to “practice what they preach,” referring to a Board of Regents statement released last year emphasizing the need for free speech. “It is not the proper role of the university to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they, or others, find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive,” Vos wrote. “Although the university greatly values civility, concerns about civility and mutual respect can never be used as a justification for closing off discussions of ideas.” Vos says past speakers do not reflect a commitment to intellectual diversity.
Each week until Election Day, The Daily Cardinal will profile a down-ballot race in Wisconsin, taking a look at the state and local candidates and their policy views.
While most are focused on election season, the University of Wisconsin System is instead firmly focused on January, when the start of a new budget cycle begins and the fiscal fate of each of Wisconsin’s 26 public colleges and universities is determined. Many were predicting another tough budget for UW, but Gov.
Two new polls released Wednesday show the presidential race tightening in Wisconsin, with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton losing ground to Republican rival Donald Trump in the last month. According to the August Marquette University Law School Poll, Clinton leads Trump 45 to 42 percent with likely voters and 42 to 37 percent amongst registered voters.
The UW System will request a slight budget increase in the 2017-’19 state budget, according to a preliminary proposal released to reporters Tuesday. The proposal requests an addition $42.5 million in additional state aid, a step up from the last budget where state universities saw their budget reduced by $250 million. The UW System is also requesting an end to the in-state tuition freeze, which has kept tuition for Wisconsin residents at roughly $10,000 over the past four years.
GREEN BAY, Wis.—Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump officially endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville Friday at a rally in Green Bay. After months of heavy contention between Trump and Ryan, the move suggests efforts to bring the party together.
PHILADELPHIA—In the most important speech of her long and decorated political life, Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night by attempting to offer the American public a more optimistic look at what she had in store for the country.
In his first solo appearance since he became the official running mate of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence assured a crowd at the Waukesha County Expo Center Wednesday that Trump “gets it.”
PHILADELPHIA—One hundred and nine nominees have been selected by their party to run for the nation’s highest office. And each and every one of them had been a man. Hillary Clinton changed that Tuesday evening.
PHILADELPHIA—Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed the Wisconsin delegation Monday morning, a day after he gave a speech attempting to rally his populist backers around presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.
PHILADELPHIA—Despite a day of infighting, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders did his best to project an appearance of party unity at the Democratic National Convention, giving a full-throated endorsement of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address.
Thousands of delegates, reporters and protesters are descending on Philadelphia for the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
The first of the 2016 nominating conventions is in the books and the attention of the political world now shifts to Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention.
A year ago, Donald Trump was a long-shot candidate with a big mouth, little campaign staff and what most pundits thought would be a short-lived lead in the polls. Thursday night he was the undisputed champion of the Republican Primary. But Trump was not in a mood for celebration, instead using his acceptance address to claim his strength in a foreboding and hostile world.
Gov. Scott Walker refused to hit Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for refusing to endorse Donald Trump at Thursday's delegate breakfast, but reiterated that Republicans cannot allow Hillary Clinton to win the White House. Walker's remarks came on the heels of the prime-time address he gave last night to the full convention.
CLEVELAND—Despite fears of large-scale protests during the Republican National Convention this week, heightened security measures made the outlook relatively calm. As of Thursday afternoon, a total of 23 arrests have been made, largely for misdemeanors such as failure to disperse and disorderly conduct.
CLEVELAND—Republicans officially chose Donald Trump as their nominee for president Tuesday night, capping a wild ride from long-shot candidate to the top of the GOP. Despite some rumblings that supporters of Texas Sen.
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