Dear Madison College, One and All, This week illustrates with 100 percent clarity that labor is the very lifeblood of education in this country. As labor goes, so goes education. Every job in this school,...

Governor Scott Walker's so called “Budget Repair Bill” is the harshest attack yet on worker’s rights and recognizable as that of a dictator. It calls for increased contributions toward pensions and...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison may be taking a step toward less state control, which could result in increased tuition rates. In a Jan. 7 memo to Secretary Mike Huebsch, UW-Madison Chancellor Carolyn...

Governor Scott Walker introduced his “budget repair bill” on Friday, Feb. 11, as a way to combat the state’s projected deficit. Walker’s office announced an estimated deficit of $137 million for...

The crowd of thousands of red-clad protesters in the state capitol building on Feb. 17 chanted, “This is what democracy looks like,” loud enough to disrupt Senate proceedings.  The group included...

The public sector prepares to face cuts as Gov. Scott Walker develops a plan to reduce the estimated $2- to $3-billion state deficit with a new budget that is to be unveiled at the end of the month. ...

In early December, the Obama administration’s transportation secretary, Ray LaHood announced that he would re-direct monies allocated for the construction of Wisconsin’s high-speed rail to other states....