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On Campus: Republican lawmaker asks AG to investigate University of Wisconsin hire

A Republican lawmaker is asking that Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen investigate the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s hiring of one of the stateâ??s top officials, Michael Morgan.

In a letter to Van Hollen, Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, alleges that the UW System violated its own policy by hiring Morgan for the position of senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs without the proper search and screen process.