He graduated from UW-Madison in 1949 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1951.
Category: State news
New student regent
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student was appointed to serve as a student member of the UW System Board of Regents this August by Gov. Scott Walker, after Walker rejected a candidate for his participation in the 2012 recall election.
At Issue: Selling or leasing facilities within Camp Randall Stadium
Wisconsin State Journal
Currently, with certain exceptions, the Department of Administration, with the approval of the Building Commission, may sell or lease state-owned property if DOA determines the sale or lease is in the best interest of the state.
Wis. health care costs exceed national average
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin residents pay more for health care than those in many other states, but they often receive higher quality care too.
Authors of social media bill say they will address concerns over cyberbullying
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University havent taken that approach, preferring more traditional ways to keep tabs on athletes.
Wisconsin ACT scores unchanged in 2013
Madison.com
Wisconsin students? average ACT scores were unchanged this year compared with 2012, and they remain above the national average.
PSC facing key decision on solar energy incentives
Capital Times
Walker also killed plans for using biomass as a fuel at the new UW-Madison power plant.
Police raise objections to underage drinking bill
AP
University of Wisconsin students told lawmakers Thursday that changing the law to give underage drinkers some protections from penalties would increase the number of emergencies that get reported, but police said they were leery of restrictions on enforcement efforts.
Bill provides breaks to underage drinkers who call for help
Wisconsin Radio Network
Legislation designed to encourage underage drinkers to call for help for dangerously intoxicated friends received a public hearing at the Capitol on Thursday. The proposal mirrors a policy already in place at UW-Eau Claire and UW-Madison, across the Big 10, and in at least 17 states. Basically, a ticket for underage drinking would be off the table, for anyone under age 21 who calls for help for another underage drinker is in trouble.
Wisconsin jobs agency leaders outline improvements
Madison.com
Hall was bullish about WEDC?s future, praising a meeting he had on Tuesday with the new University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank where they discussed ways to partner on economic development. Blank came to UW this summer after working as the acting U.S. Commerce secretary.”She has a wealth of information about Commerce and economic development,” Hall said.
Milwaukee County Zoo’s Puddles the hippo dies at 37
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: A complete necropsy will be performed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison vet school, but final results on the cause of death will take several months, zoo officials said in a news release.
Terese Berceau: UW System president should be a ‘streetfighting diplomat’
Capital Times
State Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, whose district includes much of the UW-Madison campus, is tired of the university system getting pushed around.
WisPolitics DC Wrap: Baldwin touts business startup legislation during UW-Madison visit
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin touted her legislation to bolster funding for early-stage companies during a stop on the UW-Madison campus today, saying Wisconsin ranks near the bottom in entrepreneurship despite “some really innovative startups that are in this area.”
Walker announces new UW agriculture research, science centers
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walker announced plans Wednesday for new University of Wisconsin buildings for dairy and meat science, according to a release.
UW dairy/meat science research to expand
WKOW-TV 27
The nations largest dairy research center is getting a big makeover.
State seeking to build major archive preservation facility on the Near East Side
Wisconsin State Journal
The archives are now stored at the museums or the Historical Society building on the UW-Madison campus, Risser said.
UW-Madison Dairy Research Center to be Renovated
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Future students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s dairy and meat science program can look forward to learning in a state of the art facility. On Wednesday, Governor Scott Walker announced renovation plans for the The Babcock Hall, Center for Dairy Research, and the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory. The work is expected to be completed by 2018.
Scott Walker: Renovations to proceed at UW dairy, meat science buildings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Before auctioning off cattle, pigs and sheep at the governor?s annual blue ribbon livestock auction at the Wisconsin State Fair, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday that proposed renovations of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings for dairy and meat science research will go forward as planned.
The last moderate: Dale Schultz might be on his way out of the Wisconsin Senate
Capital Times
His description is echoed by Bob Schwoch, a UW-Madison professor of public relations who was an aide in the late 1980s and early 1990s to conservative Democratic Rep. Peggy Krusick and later moderate Republican Sens. Peggy Rosenzweig and Carol Buettner. …(Schultz) claims partial credit, for instance, in Walker?s decision to veto a GOP-authored budget provision to bar the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from operating on the UW-Madison campus.
At Issue: Underage drinking
Wisconsin State Journal
The bill also prohibits the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and any two- or four-year UW System school from imposing certain sanctions on students who commit an underage violation if they are exempt from a citation
Constitutional experts dispute protesters’ argument that they don’t need a permit
Wisconsin State Journal
?Is it permissible to have a permit system in the Capitol?? UW-Madison political science professor Donald Downs said. ?The answer to that is clearly yes, both on constitutional grounds and on common-sense grounds.?
After Walker attack, a new labor movement in Wisconsin?
Capital Times
A prime example he cites is the Teaching Assistants Association at UW-Madison, a union that once upon a time had full-time staff to deal with issues of collective bargaining, but has now essentially become an advocacy group for grad students.
Regents president says UW System needs to improve relations with lawmakers
WisPolitics.com
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Mike Falbo says UW System officials need to improve relations with legislators following a tense budget session.
New labor movement emerges in Scott Walker?s Wisconsin
Salon.com
Noted: Stripped of legal protections, unions have to turn to their workers for power. The Teaching Assistants? Association, the University of Wisconsin?Madison union that spearheaded the capitol occupation, is at the cutting edge.
Cunningham: Reilly made UW System stronger
Chippewa Herald
You had to reach the 19th and final paragraph, but there it was ? the last words in an online story about Kevin Reilly?s upcoming departure after nine years as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
U. of Wisconsin System Chief, Who Battled to Keep Flagship, Will Resign
Chronicle of Higher Education
Kevin P. Reilly, whose presidency of the University of Wisconsin system has coincided with some of the state?s most contentious debates about the role of the flagship campus and the future of collective bargaining, will resign from his position in January after more than nine years at the helm, university officials announced on Tuesday.
Reilly leaving in December as UW president
AP
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced his resignation on Tuesday, following a tumultuous six months that saw an angry backlash from the Republican-controlled Legislature over how the university was handling its money.
Scott Walker’s structural deficit
Capital Times
?A lot of people use the term structural deficit and they define it in different ways,? says Andrew Reschovsky, an economist at UW-Madison?s La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Potato Specialist Says Central Sands Farmers Are Planting Crops That Need Less Water
Wisconsin Public Radio News
A.J. Bussan, a potato and vegetable specialist with University of Wisconsin Extension, says central Wisconsin farmers are doing a better job at growing profitable crops while at the same time making less of a demand on local water supplies.
Editorial: University of Wisconsin being micromanaged? Absolutely
Appleton Post-Crescent
In their meeting last month, some members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents lamented that the state Legislature was micromanaging the board.
UW-Madison in spotlight at State Fair this year
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with its focus on science, engineering and agriculture, will take the spotlight for a whole day at the Wisconsin State Fair this year.
Editorial: Keep pressure on UW system
Gov. Scott Walker and members of the legislature ordered a tuition freeze in the University of Wisconsin system after it was discovered more than three-quarters of a billion dollars had been secretly piling up in surplus cash.
UW Begins Work On New System For Tracking Financial Reserves
Wisconsin Public Radio News
When Republicans released a Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo this spring showing that the UW had hundreds of millions in reserves, they attacked it for hiding the money and for holding too much of it. In the budget that?s now law, Republicans directed the UW to come up with a new system for tracking its reserves.
Opinion: End of UW Internet partnership could increase costs for schools, libraries
The Oshkosh Northwestern
The University of Wisconsin System?s decision to drop its Internet service provider could lead ot increased Internet costs for school districts, libraries and other government entities across the state.
Ward warns of problems posed by tuition freezes
Wisconsin Radio Network
The outgoing head of the UW-Madison says University System officials should be cautious about freezing tuition in the future.
Immelt: UW system needs to work more closely with industry
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
General Electric Co. chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt complimented the University of Wisconsin System Friday but said the system needs to be lean and nimble in responding to future work force needs.
Editorial: UW tuition freeze fine, but …
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
If it?s not one thing, it?s another.So goes an old saying that the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents seemingly is taking to heart.
UW collaborations under scrutiny
Isthmus
In vetoing a last-minute budget provision to boot the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism off the UW-Madison campus, Gov. Scott Walker didn?t pan the effort as much as its narrow scope.
UW Board of Regents approves tuition freeze
Wisconsin Radio Network
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved a tuition freeze for all students. Thursday?s vote went beyond a mandate included in the recently signed state budget, which directed the UW to hold the line on tuition only for in-state students, by also applying the freeze to out-of-state and graduate students.
UW System Approves Tuition Freeze For Both In-State And Out-Of-State Students
Wisconsin Public Radio News
The University of Wisconsin System has approved a tuition freeze for both in and out-of-state undergraduate and graduate students next year.
UW regents approve tuition freeze
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Tuition will be frozen for all students attending the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years, while fees and room and board costs will go up, under action taken Thursday by the Board of Regents.
Accreditor Approves Competency-Based Degree at U. of Wisconsin
Chronicle of Higher Education
One of the nation?s six regional accreditors has approved a new competency-based degree program at the University of Wisconsin known as the “Flexible Option.”
UW To Drop Not-For-Profit Internet Provider WiscNet
Wisconsin Public Radio News
The internet provider WiscNet says its business model remains ?solid? following the announcement that the University of Wisconsin will get its broadband Internet access elsewhere.
UW separating from WiscNet
Wisconsin Radio Network
A nonprofit group which provides Internet services to school districts, libraries and other public-sector entities expects to maintain a viable business model, despite the loss of its largest customer, the University of Wisconsin System.
WiscNet leaders vow to forge on without UW System contract
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Leaders of of WiscNet, the Internet service provider the University of Wisconsin System dropped last month, told state senators Monday they are confident that the company will be able to continue providing services to public schools and libraries despite the loss of 27% of its revenue without the university business.
WI Senate panels to discuss broadband network
WKOW-TV 27
The Wisconsin Senates telecommunications and universities committees are set to review broadband provider WiscNets status.
Rem Rieder: Investigative journalism center saved
USA Today
Things looked bleak for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ? that is, until Gov. Scott Walker, newly minted First Amendment champion, rode to the rescue.
State Skills Gap Myth Gets Shot Down Again
Shepherd Express
A second economic study shows that Wisconsin?s sluggish economy isn?t being plagued by a skills gap between job openings and job seekers. The team of researchers from UW-Madison, working on behalf of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Council, found that ?only a few occupations may see a skills shortage in coming years.?
Investigative journalism center to remain on UW-Madison campus
Daily Cardinal
Gov. Scott Walker vetoed a clause in the 2013-15 state budget Sunday that would have forced the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism out of its space on the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s campus and prohibited faculty from collaborating with it.
How Wisconsin’s watchdogs kept their home
Columbia Journalism Review
DETROIT, MI ? The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism scored a big win over the weekend, as Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, vetoed a budget provision approved by GOP legislators that would have expelled the nonprofit newsroom from its offices at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The measure, passed in early June at the conclusion of a marathon overnight session, also would have prohibited university employees from doing any work related to the WCIJ.
Blum: A Win for Journalism and Democracy in Wisconsin
Wired
Last week, I wrote here about a move by the GOP-dominated Wisconsin legislature to shut down an investigative reporting center which works with the journalism school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Your right to know: Don’t exempt UW-Madison from records law
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has requested that the state Legislature grant it an exemption from Wisconsin?s Open Records Law.
Walker Reverses Eviction Of Investigative Journalism Center
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Gov. Scott Walker vetoed a budget provision that would have ejected the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from its office in a University of Wisconsin-Madison building.
UPDATE: Gov. Walker signs state budget – WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports
WKOW-TV 27
After 57 vetoes, Governor Scott Walker has signed the Wisconsin state budget. The Sunday afternoon signing ceremony took place at a Pleasant Prairie business called Catalyst Exhibits.
Investigative journalism center starts fund drive
WISC-TV 3
The head of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Wisconsin said he is grateful to Republican Gov. Scott Walker for vetoing a provision in the state budget that would have kicked the center off the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Walker signs 2-year, $70 billion Wisconsin budget
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed the state budget Sunday after making several dozen vetoes to it.
UW pulls plug on WiscNet contract
Wisconsin Radio Network
Under political pressure from Republicans in the legislature, the University of Wisconsin System has rescinded a recent contract with its broadband provider. The UW System itself provides employees and hardware for WiscNet, which is a nonprofit organization providing internet access to campuses, public schools and libraries and state government agencies.
UW System rescinds contract with broadband provider
AP
MADISON, Wisconsin ? The University of Wisconsin System has quietly withdrawn from a new contract with broadband provider WiscNet, raising questions about whether libraries and public schools that also rely on the provider might have to pay more for Internet access.
Walker vetoes bounty hunter provision in budget
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Bounty hunters will not be allowed in Wisconsin and an investigative journalism center will continue to operate on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with vetoes Gov. Scott Walker made to the state budget.
State schools chief Tony Evers blasts UW broadband move
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
State school officials are raising concerns about the University of Wisconsin System decision to withdraw a contract offer to an Internet provider for state campuses, public schools and libraries, saying the move could result in higher costs and less service for public institutions.