Republicans grill top UW, DOA officials on DEI audit findings 

Top Universities of Wisconsin and Department of Administration officials defended their practices during a joint legislative hearing on audits of DEI within the university system and state agencies. Meanwhile, Republicans during yesterday’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing accused the UW of failing to live up to an agreement to curtail DEI and branded diversity efforts as discriminatory. 

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WEDA: Announces Melissa Hunt as new President and CEO

WEDA Press Release – Hunt Appointed President and CEO 04.24.25Download … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for

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Wisconsin Policy Forum: Student homelessness at a new high

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Cooke campaign: Announces UFCW Local 1473 endorsement

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – Today, the campaign to elect Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin’s competitive Third Congressional District announced the endorsement of UFCW Local 1473.  “As a working class candidate and a proud daughter of dairy farmers, I am thrilled to have

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: NEW: Republicans’ planned Medicaid cuts will devastate fight against opioid epidemic, threatens treatment for 19,000 Wisconsinites

Nearly 20,000 Wisconsinites rely on Medicaid for their opioid addiction treatment WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) slammed Republicans’ planned cuts to Medicaid which will devastate our country’s fight against the opioid and fentanyl epidemic and jeopardize treatment for thousands of Wisconsinites. Roughly 1 million Americans, including nearly 20,000Wisconsinit…

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Republicans grill top UW, DOA officials on DEI audit findings 

Top Universities of Wisconsin and Department of Administration officials defended their practices during a joint legislative hearing on audits of DEI within the university system and state agencies. Meanwhile, Republicans during yesterday’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing accused the UW of failing to live up to an agreement to curtail DEI and branded diversity efforts as discriminatory. 

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WEDA: Announces Melissa Hunt as new President and CEO

WEDA Press Release – Hunt Appointed President and CEO 04.24.25Download … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.

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Wisconsin Policy Forum: Student homelessness at a new high

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Cooke campaign: Announces UFCW Local 1473 endorsement

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – Today, the campaign to elect Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin’s competitive Third Congressional District announced the endorsement of UFCW Local 1473.  “As a working class candidate and a proud daughter of dairy farmers, I am thrilled to have the endorsement of UFCW Local 1473,” said Cooke. “UFCW members

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THU AM Update: Republicans question UW on DEI audit

From WisPolitics … — GOP Rep. Dan Knodl accused the Universities of Wisconsin of failing to eliminate DEI staff, as it had promised to do in exchange for financial priorities such as employee raises and funding for building projects. System President Jay Rothman said during yesterday’s Joint Audit Committee that

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