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The Teaching Assistants’ Association is strongly calling for a “teach out” tomorrow. This means we’re calling for all activity to cease on campus in response to the threat that the Budget Repair Bill poses to graduate employees, the university community, …

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We’re hearing the Republicans are amending the bill. Stay tuned for updates.

EMERGENCY MEMBERSHIP MEETING TODAY at the Capitol — 4pm, 2nd floor North Hearing Room. Come decide what we do in response to the Joint Finance Committee’s vote, and how we KILL THIS BILL!

For Immediate Release Contact: Alex Hanna, 765-404-6996 Kevin Gibbons, 813-466-0952 The Teaching Assistants’ Association is thrilled that Chancellor Biddy Martin is calling for the vote on the so called Budget Repair Bill to be delayed, “in the strongest possible terms.” …

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Slightly after 3 a.m., Chairman Robin Vos (R – 63) brought the Joint Finance Committee’s public hearing on the budget repair bill to an end. The Republican co-chairs suggested that the hearing might resume tomorrow at noon. The committee’s Democratic …

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Two-hundred people on the fourth floor of the Capitol are refusing to leave until their voices are heard. We are demanding that the Joint Finance Committee serve democracy by hearing everyone who wants speak before voting on whether to pass …

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We’re blown away by the support from the school district. Madison schools will close Wednesday due to ‘excessive staff absences’ Madison school district officials have canceled school Wednesday. “Due to substantial concerns of excessive staff absences, the Madison School District …

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