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News From The Capitol Archive 2002 - 2003

July 2003

Budget vetoes spare public education programs [7/24/03]

Johnson applauds Gov. Doyle's license fee veto [7/16/03]

June 2003

Legislature's budget jeopardizes great schools [6/25/03]

WEAC members detail health care cost crisis at roundtable [6/19/03]

Members shout 'veto, veto' during Great Schools Lobby Day [6/19/03]

WEAC members fill Capitol to protect great schools [6/19/03]

'Education Truth Squad' scours State Capitol [6/10/03]

2003-05 Budget Brief: JFC budget scheme pits needy against disabled [6/5/03]

Additional JFC budhet highlights [6/5/03]

Budget crisis forces Waupun school to close [6/4/03]

Republican budget scheme pits needy against disabled [6/4/03]

May 2003

Coalition blasts property tax freeze plan [5/29/03]

Republicans reject motion on QEO repeal [5/28/03]

Property tax freeze plan would 'return state to Ice Age' [5/23/03]

Doyle applauds WEAC-Retired members, touts 'tradition' of great schools [5/16/03]

Doyle vows to continue battle to repeal QEO [5/14/03]

New license law shifts focus [5/14/03]

Legislature approves 2001-03 contracts for Council #1 members [5/7/03]

April 2003

Joint Finance Committee slashes WTCS funding [4/25/03]

Republicans remove QEO repeal provision from budget [4/21/03]

Anti-QEO signs popping up in neighborhoods [4/16/03]

Members speak out on behalf of Doyle's budget [4/10/03]

WEA Trust offers plan to reform health care system [4/7/03]

School budgets: from bad to worse [4/4/03]

March 2003

Local leaders discuss repeal of QEO [3/28/03]

February 2003

Budget restores fair collective bargaining [2/26/03

Doyle budget is strong medicine [2/19/03]

State employees rally for contract [2/17/03]

January 2003

Key to great schools is great teachers says Governor Doyle [1/31/03]

Governor calls special session to deal with budget shortfall [1/24/03]

'There will be pain along the way,' Doyle cautions [1/14/03]

Wisconsin state budget deficit situation is ‘worse than grim’
[1/10/03]

December 2002

Fundamental reform needed for health care [12/13/02]

November 2002

Doyle's election is victory for great schools, Johnson says [11/6/02]

October 2002

WEAC's ESEA cadre will help members understand the new law [10/11/02]

Election news

Resource page on the 2002 elections

WEAC Legislative Action

Resource page on the 2001-03 state budget

2003-04 WEAC Legislative Agenda

1999-2000 WEAC Legislative Agenda Progress Report

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