Friday, April 22
Madison school superintendent Jennifer Cheatham releases a $376.5 million budget proposal that calls for a 2.5% property tax increase and a 1.6% staff reduction next year. The school board will now take up the document and is expected to vote on it June 27.
Monday, April 25
The Verona Common Council directs staff to draft a resolution to close the tax incremental financing district that was created to lure Epic Systems from Madison 14 years ago. Closing the district would bring most of Epic’s campus — valued at almost $400 million — on to the tax rolls.
Dane County Circuit Judge William Foust refuses to put on hold his ruling that bars enforcement of the state’s new right-to-work law, which he found unconstitutional.
UW-Madison faculty are moving ahead with a vote of no-confidence in both the UW System’s president, Ray Cross, and its Board of Regents, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. The resolution, which states the faculty have no confidence in Cross or the regents to “protect tenure and shared governance,” is scheduled for a vote next week.
Tuesday, April 26
Joshua Gehde is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly causing the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter by physically abusing her.
Wednesday, April 27
The State Journal reports that the Government Accountability Board will ask lawmakers for $250,000 to publicize information about Wisconsin’s new voter ID law in advance of the November election. Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette), co-chair of the Legislature’s budget panel, tells the paper: “$250,000 to assure every vote is counted, I don’t think is a problem.”
