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Sparks flew last week between Interim UW System President and former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson and GOP leaders in the state Legislature. Republican Sen. Steve Nass, who co-chairs the Rules Committee, threatened to file a lawsuit if Thompson doesn’t first get permission from the panel to enact any COVID-19 mandates on the campuses. Thompson rebuffed Nass' demand.
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The FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine opens the door for more institutions to mandate vaccination, but the UW System doesn’t plan to take that step ahead of the fall semester.
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University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson pushed back Tuesday against Republican lawmakers who claim campuses need their permission to implement COVID-19 policies, insisting university leaders don't need legislative approval to manage the system.
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Gov. Tony Evers is criticizing a vote Tuesday by a Republican-controlled legislative committee that could limit the University of Wisconsin System's ability to take action against COVID-19. Evers predicts the issue will go to court.
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A Republican-controlled committee plans to block the University of Wisconsin from instituting COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination protocols on campuses across the state.
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Students at almost all University of Wisconsin system schools who are vaccinated or will get vaccinated before October 15 will be eligible for one of 70 $7,000 scholarships. That’s if their university achieves at least a 70% vaccination rate.
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A proposal to make tuition free at all University of Wisconsin System schools for students with family incomes under $60,000 did not make it through the state budget process.
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A larger, more diverse search committee to find the next University of Wisconsin System president has been named. The 19-member committee announced Friday comes following a failed search last year that was widely criticized for breaking with tradition and not including members representing faculty, staff and students.
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An appointee of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was elected president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Friday, defeating an appointee of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a rare contested race.
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All 11 Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee voted to end the freeze, while all four Democrats voted to keep it.