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Some 1,092 UW System employees have backup positions with guaranteed pay, according to figures UW System president Kevin Reilly released to the state Legislature Friday, Sept. 2. The university system, which is comprised of 26 campuses, employs 33,000 people in all, meaning that about 3.3 percent of employees have such pay guarantees. According to UW System spokesperson Doug Bradley, state statute guarantees 64 percent of these backup positions.

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UW Republicans name Hong ‘Enemy of Freedom’

Madison Observer takes legal action against Mendota Beacon

UW Space Place to move to larger location

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Gov. poses pay increase for state employees

Madison

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle called Tuesday for state employees with unsettled labor contracts for 2003-’05 to return to the bargaining table to work out their differences with the state.

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Police request Mifflin residents’ compliance May 7

Madison

West Mifflin Street residents and neighboring areas received a letter from Captain Mary Schauf of the Madison Police Department Wednesday morning stating that the Mifflin Street Block Party’s official date is May 7.

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A 19-year-old UW-Madison student sustained minor injuries after a man allegedly sexually assaulted her shortly after midnight Nov. 21, according to the Madison Police Department.