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June 4, 2026

Higher Education/System

Republicans Push Back Against UW System Tuition Increase Proposal

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Wisconsin Right Now

Several Republican lawmakers are upset with the University of Wisconsin System’s proposal to increase tuition by 2% a year after a 5% increase.

Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, went as far as saying that a pair of trustees “lied to all our faces” in committee testimony when they said that tuition would not be raised again this soon.

“Unfortunately, students and their families are the ones who will be paying the price for this dishonesty,” Testin said in a statement. “At least we now know that we can no longer take the UW Board of Regents at their word.

Next UW-Madison chancellor may be chosen by end of 2026

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The Cap Times

Students, faculty and staff could learn by fall who will become the next leader of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“We hope to have a new chancellor named … by the end of the calendar year, at the latest,” Jason Beier, who oversees human resources for the broader UW system, recently told a group tasked with finding Jennifer Mnookin’s replacement.

Community

Madison one step closer to getting Amtrak service

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Channel 3000

The Joint Committee on Finance approved the $10 million sale of the state’s former Human Services building to Landmark Development Tuesday, bringing Madison one step closer to getting Amtrak service.

A key part of the company’s plan is to bridge gaps between Madison and other Midwestern cities.

“Madison is ideally situated amongst the sort of arc of bigger cities within the Midwest. We really can play a key position economically, culturally, politically, by the location we have,” Jason Ilstrup, the president of Downtown Madison Inc., said.

UW-Madison Related

UWPD K9 Ritter retired on Wednesday

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NBC 15

Wednesday was a bittersweet day for the UW-Madison Police Department.

After nine years, K9 Ritter is retiring.

The furry friend joined UWPD in 2017 alongside officer Justin Zurbuchen as an explosives-detection and human-tracking team.

Ritter has helped keep the UW campus safe through 327 deployments, special events and every Badger football game.