Republicans press professors to spend more time teaching and less time doing research

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Robert Hamers has a jam-packed day ahead: an hourlong lecture, a conference call with colleagues about nanotechnology, meetings and plans to check on students in the lab. With a workweek that he estimates often extends to 65 hours, Hamers is hardly lazy, but Gov. Scott Walker [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:51:30-04:00Wednesday, March 22, 2017|

Big box stores prepare for legal battle with Wisconsin cities, towns

MADISON, Wis. — A battle pitting big-box retail giants including Menards and Wal-Mart against Wisconsin towns and cities is headed to the legislature. Republican-backed proposals, written in conjunction with the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, are designed to close the so-called dark store loophole and increase how much the mega-retailers pay local communities in property taxes. [...]

By |2017-03-23T11:26:45-04:00Wednesday, March 22, 2017|

Walker’s Wisconsin lower tuition idea shuffles political alliances

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats expressing support while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:56:03-04:00Tuesday, January 17, 2017|
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