Legislators discuss budget process with students
Students heard about the politics of budgeting from two legislators on April 19 in the La Follette School's public budgeting class. Read more ...
Science, policy writer to meet with students
This spring's public affairs writer in residence, Washington Post science and policy reporter Juliet Eilperin, will be on campus the week of April 22. Read more ...
Congressional aide to speak at school
Congressional aide Diego Sanchez will give a talk, “Little Punk Staffer On Capitol Hill,” at the La Follette School on Thursday, April 12, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the conference room. Bagels and coffee will be served. Read more ...
Battiato joins school as career development coordinator
For La Follette School alum Kate Battiato, a career is about relationships. Her internships led to paid positions that connected her with mentors and colleagues she met again when she went to work for the Legislature. Read more ...
Sletten seeks to explicate effect of public policy
First-year student Phil Sletten sees himself at the intersection of politics and public policy, in a position to help policymakers see and understand policy ideas that might otherwise go unexamined. Read more ...
Former county executive to speak Tuesday
Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk will discuss her 30-year career in government at the La Follette School’s first seminar for the spring on Tuesday, January 24, from noon to 1 p.m., in 114 Ingraham Hall. Read more ...
Gross uses system to improve mental health services
As Mental Health America of Wisconsin’s director of public policy, 1990 alum Shel Gross keeps in mind that structural change takes a long time, and success depends on the many people with a stake in the system. Read more ...
Obey comments on state of politics
Former Wisconsin Representative Dave Obey shared insights about the state of politics during an event at the Urban Institute the La Follette School co-sponsored. Read more ...
Lierman joins health venture capital company
Alum Terry Lierman is returning to the private sector after a second stint on Capitol Hill. He stepped down as chief of staff for U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland. Read more ...
Nonpartisan election oversight at risk, professor argues
The independence of Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board is under threat, professor Donald Moynihan argues in an op-ed published in the Capital Times. Read more ...