With little discussion, the proposed National Defense Authorization Act budget for the U. S. is currently $850 billion, $143 billion more that last year’s budget, according to Ashik Siddique, Research […]
Should Local Governments Have the Power to Defund the Police?
On June 22, the Wisconsin Assembly voted 61-37 to pass Senate Bill 119, which would penalize municipalities who seek to cut their police budgets. The bill would cut state shared […]
Marquette University proposes budget cuts, Union fights back
Marquette University in Milwaukee has announced that they want to cut between 225-450 faculty and staff. The University claims that decreased enrollment due to the COVID-19 pandemic has put them […]
Pandemic Hits State and Local Budgets
In July, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced that the state government would try to trim 250 million dollars from its 38 billion dollar current year.budget, blaming the shortfall on the […]
Madison Firefighters Will Not Reopen Contract with City
Madison firefighters local 311 will not agree to reopen their contract according to Mahlon Mitchell, President of local 311. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway has asked for city departments to cut […]
UW System Students Aim to ‘Reclaim the UW’
“Great job. Thank you very much for being here. You deserve a ton of credit. You should be under the tent, and we should be out there.” That’s State Representative […]
