By Office of University Communications, UW-Stout The University of Wisconsin-Stout, which began as the Stout Manual Training School, turned 125 years old on Jan. 5. Founded by James Huff Stout, the school opened as a branch of the Menomonie public school system on Jan. 5, 1891. It was housed in a two-story building near the intersection of Main and Broadway streets […]
Two ex- cabinet members allege that top Walker aide ordered them to avoid state email, phones — Huebsch denies charge
By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Two former members of Gov. Scott Walker’s cabinet have charged that they were told to avoid using official email or state telephones to relay important information or documents. Peter Bildsten, former secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, and Paul Jadin, former head of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. […]
Barland calls Legislature’s actions abolishing the GAB “a public lynching”
By David Gordon, associate editor Chippewa Valley Post The state Legislature’s decision to do away with Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) is nothing other than “a public lynching,” in the opinion of Judge Thomas Barland. Barland, a retired Eau Claire County Circuit Court Judge and a six-year member of the GAB, strongly criticized the Legislature’s action […]
UW-EC and UW-Stout will lose 148 faculty and staff in buyout plan
By Symone Foster For the CVPost One out of every four faculty and staff members offered early buyouts from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin-Stout have agreed to leave their jobs as part of the two schools’ efforts to deal with state budget cutbacks. Out of 593 eligible faculty and staff on […]
Walker’s County Executive office allegedly “obstructed” probe of missing funds, according to court documents
By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism The Milwaukee County executive’s office under Scott Walker “obstructed” a criminal investigation into missing donations to a veterans fund, two investigators alleged Friday (July 31) in a federal court brief that includes recently unsealed investigative records. Walker has denied such allegations in the past. The documents provide […]
Open records law safe for now, but controversy still not over
By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism A review by reporters for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism of the 60 pages of drafting notes associated with sweeping changes to the state’s open-records law offered no clues about who initiated the proposals. But the WCIJ reporters found that the initials and partial names […]