Here & Now, gubernatorial candidate, Representing the 78th Assembly District, Brett Hulsey worked as an environmental advocate including 18 years as an educator for the Sierra Club. Representative Hulsey is also a former Dane County Board Supervisor. Newly announced Democratic candidate for Governor Brett Hulsey is in the Madison studio, Milwaukee charter school, Author of a new study about a National Charter School franchise called 'Rocketship Education' that has a school in Milwaukee - a private elementary school that gets public per-pupil dollars - joins us in the Madison Studio. He’s Gordon Lafer of the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute. affirmative action, U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on public universities taking race into account during admissions. Following that ruling, state Senator Glenn Grothman said he will again push for a similar constitutional ban here. Grothman's announcement comes as the Project on Fair Representation is seeking to sue UW-Madison for its affirmative action policies. The group said it's seeking students who feel they were QUOTE 'unfairly and unconstitutionally rejected from the university. But UW-Madison officials have pushed back against that lawsuit and said it takes a holistic approach to admissions. aging population will impact economy, New Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance research shows that our state is undergoing a major demographic shift that will adversely impact employers, taxpayers, government revenues, and the state economy’s capacity to grow. The bottom line: we're not getting any younger and any baby boom is closer to a bust going forward. Alliance President Todd Berry appears in the Madison Studio. manure spraying, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism's Wisconsin Watch environmental reporter Ron Seely discusses his new reporting on the controversial agricultural practice of manure spraying. He’s in the Madison studio.
