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Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership coming to UW?

Frederica Freyberg:

Now for a look at other Wisconsin budget news. A new research center named after former governor Tommy Thompson may soon be coming to UW-Madison. The proposed center would fund academic research on public policy and government. It would also connect faculty members with lawmakers in an attempt to improve public policy. The center would be funded with $3 million of public money in the 2017-2019 state budget as well as private funding. The center already has the support of Governor Walker, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, and several other state representatives. Not everyone is a fan of the project however. Democratic Representative Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh is worried the center would produce conservative-leaning research, despite claims that the center would be non-partisan.