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News From The Capitol Archive 2000 - 2001

July 2001

Legislature rejects attack on health care bargaining rights [7/25/01]

Burmaster asks legislators to consider 4-year-old kindergarten [7/18/01]

McCallum joins Burmaster in calling for full SAGE funding [7/13/01]

Assembly budget fails great schools [7/3/01]

June 2001

Dozens back bill to repeal QEO [6/15/01]

Good news greats citizen lobbyists [6/13/01]

State Democrats add revenue cap relief to budget [6/13/01]

Revenue caps have created a crisis, Johnson says [6/13/01]

Pension law ruled constitutional [6/12/01]

May 2001

Healthy schools provision advances [5/31/01]

Revenue caps force some districts to cut counseling services [5/31/01]

Craney asks panel to end revenue caps [5/31/01]

Initiative seeks eye exams for public school students [5/21/01]

Come to the Capitol June 13 to lobby for quality education [5/18/01]

WEAC issues state budget briefs on SAGE, revenue caps and special education funding [5/18/01]

Dozens of educators, parents come to Madison to meet with key legislators on state budget [5/10/01]

April 2001

SAGE teacher says program makes an enormous difference [4/30/01]

QEO forces Blair-Taylor staff to lose $386 [4/30/01]

Many anti-public education policies stripped from governor's budget [4/24/01]

Two legislators promote SAGE pledge [4/19/01]

Governor's budget puts great schools at risk, budget committee told [4/12/01]

Niagara closes schools for one day as community pleads to save them [4/5/01]

February 2001

McCallum's state budget proposal is 'disaster for education' [2/21/01]

Budget crises spreading thanks to revenue caps [2/1/01]

Bills would grant protective status to teachers and librarians in state institutions [2/1/01]

January 2001

Study documents growing pain of revenue controls [1/29/01]

Hundreds protest revenue controls at State Capitol [1/24/01]

Children continue to reap benefits from SAGE, according to fourth annual evaluation [1/18/01]

WEAC makes no recommendation in state superintendent primary [1/15/01]

Public employee pension improvement law remains on hold [1/2/00]

October 2000

Hundreds testify that revenue caps are hurting kids [10/23/00]

Pension improvement legislation is lawful and good public policy, WEAC tells State Supreme Court [10/4/00]

September 2000

DPI cracks down on voucher schools [9/29/00]

Butera discusses WEAC's priorities with WisPolitics.com [9/20/00]

Benson proposes relief from revenue controls [9/18/00]

Benson orders closing of two Bloomer classrooms [9/11/00]

State budget

Resource page on the 2001-03 state budget

At the Capitol News Archives