A new solar farm is being developed on land owned by the University of Wisconsin southwest of Madison with the aim of finding a better balance between green energy and agriculture.
The Wisconsin Senate voted to pass a two-year budget plan Wednesday that drastically cuts the state’s income taxes, decreases funding for the University of Wisconsin System and excludes many priorities that were originally included in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal including paid family and medical leave and state funding for the Child Care Counts program.
Wisconsin students ranked in the top five percent of their class would receive a guaranteed spot at University of Wisconsin-Madison and at other state universities and technical colleges under a GOP bill.
The Republican-controlled state Senate on Wednesday passed a nearly $99 billion two-year spending plan for the state that again cuts taxes by more than $3 billion, using a windfall of unexpected revenue Wisconsin has amassed navigating the coronavirus pandemic.
Republican lawmakers drafting a bill that would require Wisconsin’s most competitive university to accept every top-ranking high school graduate in the state initially wanted the bill to apply to every high school in the country, lawmakers’ aides told reporters on Wednesday.
Another contentious spending provision in the budget the Senate approved Wednesday is Republicans’ plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million in an attempt to force the school officials to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programming.
Republican lawmakers unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would guarantee admission to University of Wisconsin schools for in-state high school students who rank among the top 5% of their class.
“If the (North Carolina legislators’) position in this case had prevailed, it would have meant that the Legislature in Wisconsin could have done congressional redistricting any way it wanted, without the Wisconsin Supreme Court being able to engage in any review of that based on the state constitution,” said Rob Yablon, a professor and co-director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. “Now the door remains open, as it has been, to the state court making sure that whatever the state Legislature does is state constitutionally compliant.”
The final budget bill included some divisive language over cuts to the University of Wisconsin System. Republicans on the budget writing committee removed $32 million from the UW System budget to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs — a move which Democrats decried.
Police in Madison also confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday they are working with Boston police and “reviewing old cases to see if there is any connection” to Nilo, who attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The individual realized giving back the stolen chair, even after all this time, sets a good example for their kids.
Roots4Change, a Madison-based cooperative of Latina or indigenous doulas that started in 2018, has received grants from the state and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to expand its services, train new doulas and help medical providers better understand various Latino cultures. Another UW medical school grant has helped families get fresh food.
UW Health’s Carbone Cancer Center was named the best cancer hospital in Wisconsin and one of the best in the country, according to Newsweek.
The center ranked as No. 1 in Wisconsin and No. 30 nationwide on the inaugural list. A total of 175 hospitals were ranked.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team may have fallen short of its lofty goal of repeating as NCAA champions during the 2022 season, but the Badgers turned in plenty of thrilling performances, and there was no shortage of fans eager to catch the reigning champs in action.
American officials are saying a Russian general knew ahead of time about a mercenary group’s attempted rebellion. We talk with Mikhail Troitskiy, a UW-Madison professor of Practice in Russian Studies, about the fallout of the Wagner mercenary group’s attempted mutiny and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
“We had to make some decisions about who we were going to prioritize during this difficult time,” said oncologist Dr. Kari Wisinski with the University of Wisconsin Health, who told CBS News she had never seen a shortage this serious.
Dr. Erin Lashnits, a clinical assistant professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, said if the air quality is bothering you, chances are your pet is feeling the same way.
“Our pets can’t tell us when they have things like a headache or sore throat or that kind of thing,” Dr. Erin Lashnits, Clinical Assistant Professor with the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, said.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System has recently faced scrutiny from Republicans in the state Legislature over DEI efforts. Last week, GOP lawmakers voted to cut state funding for the UW System by $32 million while forcing the system to eliminate nearly 190 DEI jobs.
In December 2020, the district and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education announced an Early Literacy Task Force to look at how to teach students how to read and how to prepare teachers to do so. That task force published a 104-page report in December 2021 outlining 28 recommendations for the future of early literacy instruction in MMSD and in UW-Madison’s teaching preparation program.
