Ty Javier

UW-Madison Economics Student.
Photographer and Senior Staff Writer for @dailycardinal

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With Title VI support gone, UW-Madison will end Filipino language instruction and restructure others as language offerings face an uncertain future.

Some staff remain hopeful that federal funding may return in a few years, while others fear it is permanently gone.

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Future of UW foreign language programs at risk amid federal, campus funding cuts.

Story & Photo by Ty Javier
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From CEOs to Elon Musk, the mega donors listed leverage their wealth to influence elections according to their ideologies.

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This cycle, PACs have collectively pumped $21.6 million and counting into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, according to a Daily Cardinal analysis of FEC and Wisconsin Ethics Commission data.
The graphics below show the top PAC spenders, their party alignment and top donors:

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@dailycardinal reported on potential usage of such software in Madison to collude on students’ rent pricing in October.
Now, @SenKeldaRoys has authored a bill to target this monopolistic pratice that artificially raises rent.

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Newly circulated bill would curb tech-enabled rent collusion by landlords.
Story: @TyRJavier
Photo: Drake White-Bergey
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79% of U.S. adults are literate (2024), 'developed nations' consistently boast adult literacy rates of 96% or higher.

One must ask, should we improve education or ‘dumb down’ traditional media?

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The shift away from traditional news in the U.S. may be due to widespread reading challenges, a clear failure of our education system.

54% of U.S. adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (2024), while the average newspaper is written at an 11th-grade level.

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2.) The majority of Baldwin donors made contributions of $200 or less, while a plurality of Hovde donors donated over $2,000.

Full story:
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1.) Baldwin has raised over $38 million in the last two years, the vast majority of it from individual contributions. In contrast, Hovde has raised just over $28 million, mostly from the $20 million in loans Hovde made to his committee according to recent FEC filings.

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The Hub, other Madison apartments may be using software to collude on students’ rent pricing

By: @TyRJavier via @dailycardinal

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This software generates recommendations on rental pricing for landlords based on their rivals’ sensitive information.

“Coordination among competing landlords is a feature of this industry” the DOJ alleges, and this software enable “landlords to track one another more easily.”

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Madison apartments may be using RealPage software to collude on students’ rent pricing.

The software enables landlords to ‘align their rents,’ the DOJ alleged, and The Hub and other Madison apartments are customers.
via @dailycardinal
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This cycle, PACs have collectively pumped $18.7 million and counting into the Wisconsin Senate race, according to a Daily Cardinal analysis of Federal Election Commission data.
The graphics below show the top PAC spenders, their party alignment and top donors:

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The FEC limits the amount individuals can contribute to a candidate's campaign, but some PACs may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures.

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Judge dismisses UW-Madison NIL public records lawsuit.
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Speaking before the Poverty Council, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters blamed corporations & private equity companies for using price setting tools to jack up rents. 

The DOJ recently recommended a civil lawsuit accusing a company of enabling landlords to collude on setting rents:

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The Democratic Platform proposes“significantly increasing” the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.

In 2021, a one-year expansion of the CTC dropped the U.S. child poverty rate from 9.7% to 5.2%. After the expansion ended, the rate shot up to 12.4%.

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Democrats detail comprehensive economic policy at the DNC. Here’s what it means
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A breakdown of Democrats' comprehensive economic policy, straight from Chicago courtesy of @dailycardinal finance expert @TyRJavier:
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Specific policies outlined include increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, paid family and medical leave system and an enhanced Child Tax Credit:

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Democrats detail comprehensive economic policy at the DNC. Here’s what it means
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Gov. Tony Evers casted 94 votes for VP Harris tonight in Chicago during the DNC celebratory roll call. Wisconsin delegates sported cheeseheads:
Photos via @dailycardinal by me.