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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
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
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
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

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.

With reports from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau that tax revenues will drop this year, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the budget process facing Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
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

Now that President Trump’s State of the Union speech has been rescheduled to Feb. 5, let me admit to a quixotic viewpoint. I actually can’t wait.

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.

Two recent news stories, seemingly unrelated to the media fire drill over the Foxconn Technology Group project, help to explain why the company could significantly evolve its Wisconsin operations over time.

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.

The company is cutting back plans. Will it walk away entirely?
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.
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
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
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

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.

With reports from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau that tax revenues will drop this year, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the budget process facing Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
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

Now that President Trump’s State of the Union speech has been rescheduled to Feb. 5, let me admit to a quixotic viewpoint. I actually can’t wait.

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.

Two recent news stories, seemingly unrelated to the media fire drill over the Foxconn Technology Group project, help to explain why the company could significantly evolve its Wisconsin operations over time.

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.

The company is cutting back plans. Will it walk away entirely?