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Update on UW System spending

Dec 27, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

Two weeks ago, we reported on UW System contracts with Chicago-based consulting firm Huron. We found that between 2019 and 2023, the UW System and its campuses paid $51 million dollars just to Huron. UW Administration spokesperson Mark Pitsch declined repeated requests to speak with WORT for that story.
UW System spends millions on consultants

Dec 12, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023. Neil Kraus says that number is “astronomical.” Kraus is a professor of political science at UW-River Falls and President of United Falcons, the campus branch of AFT-Wisconsin. He tracks the Universities of Wisconsin budget cuts, technology spending, and austerity measures. He co-wrote a piece with Jon Shelton for the Cap Times about technology spending.
Majority of ballot referendums passed in Dane County

Nov 7, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly told WORT earlier this week that after the presidential election, he plans to focus on state-level issues. “I’m trying to get the Wisconsin legislature to see that municipalities are in a financial bind. We’re constrained on revenue; we’re constrained on expenditures. Our revenue can’t increase, our expenses are increasing.
Faith at the Polls

Nov 6, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

Republicans have long had the support of white Christian voters. Just a few months ago, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, evangelical leader Franklin Graham, son of the famous pastor Billy Graham, said a prayer over Donald Trump. Not surprisingly, emerging exit poll data is showing an overwhelming majority of Christians voted for Trump again. Yesterday afternoon I went to the UW-Arboretum polling center where I met a poll chaplain named Kathy.
We set out in search of rapid on Metro Transit

Oct 11, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Maddie Batzli |Dan Fitch |Sara Gabler |Scott Gordon

Madison has witnessed its civic equivalent of a great comet that flies by only once a generation: A thing actually getting done and becoming real. Metro Transit launched its first official Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line on Sunday, September 22. We finally get to ride this thing after decades of planning and aspiring.
UW anti-camping rule rarely used before police raid

Oct 3, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler |Chali Pittman

Last Spring, college students across the country began protesting the US’s support of Israel’s war on Gaza. They called for their schools to divest from arms manufacturers and to better support Palestinian students. UW-Madison students joined the movement and set up dozens of tents on Library Mall. Each day the encampment offered free meals along with a packed schedule of workshops, arts and crafts, dancing, and teach-ins.
We set out in search of rapid on Madison Metro

Sep 30, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Dan Fitch |Sara Gabler |Scott Gordon |Maddie Batzli |Sam Harrington |Rachel Litchman | +4 more

Madison has witnessed its civic equivalent of a great comet that flies by only once a generation: A thing actually getting done and becoming real. Madison Metro launched its first official Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line on Sunday, September 22. We finally get to ride this thing after decades of planning and aspiring.
It’s still a good time to shut down Line 5

Jul 31, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Sara Gabler

“All our needs are met by this land, not by Enbridge.”That’s what Weni Pashtaade Gokee (Sandy Gokee), an Anishinaabe water protector, told the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at a June 4 public hearing in Ashland, Wisconsin about a proposal to reroute Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline.
New Dane County Executive will prioritize collaboration and communication

May 30, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

Jamie Kuhn, is the former Medicaid director for Wisconsin’s health department and also a former Dane County Board supervisor. Last week the Dane County Board of Supervisors approved her appointment as Interim Dane County Executive. Sara Gabler spoke with Jaime this morning about her background in public service and the Dane County 2025 budget process which will begin this fall.
New Parking Ramp Rates Approved At Transportation Commission Meeting

May 30, 2024 | wortfm.org | Sara Gabler

“Can our city benefit from big box visiting acts while still supporting local musicians and artists? I hope we can.” That was Rita Mae Reese, one of the co-founders of Arts + Literature Laboratory. She spoke at last night’s meeting in opposition to the proposed parking rate increases. But the Transportation Commission approved that ramp rate change. That nearly doubles the rate for two garages, including the South Livingston garage directly attached to the Arts + Lit Lab.