Madison Rotary Club

Park Hotel, Madison. Guest speaker is Barry Burden, professor of political science and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, who is to provide analysis of the 2018 midterm election. For more information: https://rotarymadison.org/wp-content/forms/newsletters/2019/Feb119.pdf Rotary meetings are open to members, invited

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Milwaukee Rotary Club

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Kathleen Bartzen Culver is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long interested

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Meeting of UW System Board of Regents

Meeting of the UW System Board of Regents to be held at UW-Madison, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin on February 7-8, 2019 Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Business and Finance Committee – 2nd

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 1

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest developments from Foxconn, revenue estimates and Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to delay closing Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons by two years.

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Paul Fanlund: Is the national press being unfair to Donald Trump?

Scott Klug and I share similar backgrounds — we’re both 1950s-born baby boomers from Midwestern manufacturing towns with master’s degrees in journalism and careers in media. His was in television in Seattle and Washington, D.C., before his time as a news anchor in Madison in the 1980s. But brother, do we part ways in assessing today’s media.

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Tim Sheehy: Foxconn: A work in progress

We are aware of the evolving dynamics and the changing nature of the employment mix on the Foxconn campus — more engineering and design talent, and fewer “plant floor” jobs. Foxconn is an innovative company on the leading edge of a rapidly-changing industry, so it’s natural for their plans to evolve.

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Madison Rotary Club

Park Hotel, Madison. Guest speaker is Barry Burden, professor of political science and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, who is to provide analysis of the 2018 midterm election. For more information: https://rotarymadison.org/wp-content/forms/newsletters/2019/Feb119.pdf Rotary meetings are open to members, invited guests and media.

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Milwaukee Rotary Club

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Kathleen Bartzen Culver is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public

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Meeting of UW System Board of Regents

Meeting of the UW System Board of Regents to be held at UW-Madison, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin on February 7-8, 2019 Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Business and Finance Committee – 2nd Floor, Varsity Hall I 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Education

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FRI REPORT: Foxconn reaffirms plans to make LCD screens in WI

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Foxconn reaffirms plans to make LCD screens in WI Party officials, operatives at odds over why some districts went for both Walker and Baldwin Gau says Evers prioritizing ‘diversity and inclusivity’ as he builds his staff

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 1

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest developments from Foxconn, revenue estimates and Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to delay closing Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons by two years.

Read More »

FRI News Summary: Foxconn, Evers, WEDC deny report WI project on hold

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 21: WisPolitics.com Luncheon with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Feb. 21 with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Vos will discuss Assembly Republican priorities and the GOP Assembly’s relationship with the new

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Paul Fanlund: Is the national press being unfair to Donald Trump?

Scott Klug and I share similar backgrounds — we’re both 1950s-born baby boomers from Midwestern manufacturing towns with master’s degrees in journalism and careers in media. His was in television in Seattle and Washington, D.C., before his time as a news anchor in Madison in the 1980s. But brother, do we part ways in assessing today’s media.

Read More »

Tim Sheehy: Foxconn: A work in progress

We are aware of the evolving dynamics and the changing nature of the employment mix on the Foxconn campus — more engineering and design talent, and fewer “plant floor” jobs. Foxconn is an innovative company on the leading edge of a rapidly-changing industry, so it’s natural for their plans to evolve.

Read More »