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There are reports of a deal between Republican lawmakers and the University of Wisconsin to spend less on DEI in exchange for more money for UW pay raises.  Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly Speaker put a hold on that pay raise money to pressure the university to cut diversity, equity, and inclusion spending.  He also held up money for a new UW-Madison engineering building.  Now, the university is reportedly willing to ‘restructure’ up to 60 DEI administrators, and shift their jobs to

We’re waiting for a glimpse at what the next few years will look like for the University of Wisconsin.  UW President Jay Rothman is scheduled to speak at a Wisconsin Policy Forum meeting later today about the future for UW schools.  Rothman has said for years that the university is in a ‘war for talent.’  But he’s also been very clear about the financial challenges the university faces.  Last spring, he said all but three UW campuses would be losing

ABOVE PHOTO: Michaela Marsh, 20, of Eau Claire, lost her passion for cooking but found it again with Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Culinary Management program. Marsh, a student and fellow in the program, will graduate on December 14 with an associate degree. Michaela Marsh has battled an uncertain childhood, mental illness and self-sabotage, yet the determined 20-year-old has taken her passion for food and is turning it into a career. “I still really wanted to go to culinary school, but

“Because of collaboration among many partners around the state and the commitment of Wisconsinites to helping to keep their communities safe, we continue to lead the nation in drug take back,” -Kaul Fifteen members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Counterdrug Program supported the Wisconsin Department of Justice in its recent effort to collect unwanted medications for safe disposal. Collecting more than 53,000 pounds of unwanted medications this fall, the effort was the most successful in the nation, according to Attorney

The teenager who tossed a barrel of fuel into a bonfire in Shawano County last year will not go to trial in the case. Samuel Armstrong yesterday agreed to a plea deal that will avoid trial. Prosecutors filed 13 felony counts against Armstrong after he tossed a 55 gallon fuel drum onto a bonfire in October of last year at a farm near Pulaski. The drum exploded, and hurt several people. Armstrong is due back in court in February for

The chances are growing for Amtrak service in Eau Claire.  Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin yesterday said the federal government has agreed to make five train routes in the state a ‘priority.’  The routes include a Milwaukee to Minneapolis route that would bring trains to both Madison and Eau Claire.  There’s also a Twin Cities to Eau Claire route, and a Chicago to La Crosse to St. Paul route.  Baldwin says the federal government is also interested in the

Wisconsin now has a baby box law. Governor Tony Evers signed the law yesterday. It allows local governments to install baby boxes at fire stations or other public buildings that are manned 24/7, and allows parents to drop off babies within their first 72 hours. Wisconsin has allowed parents to surrender babies for years, but it had to be face-to-face. The new baby box law will allow new parents to do it anonymously.

Wisconsin’s governor says he hopes that free driver’s education for some will lead to fewer reckless driving crashes.  Governor Evers yesterday signed a law that will spend six-million dollars on free driver’s ed classes for certain low income teens.  The idea is that by teaching young people how to drive properly, and getting them a license, there will be fewer people on the road who don’t know the rules of the road. 

The lawsuit over Wisconsin’s Trump-electors back in 2020 is over. Ten Republicans yesterday agreed to a settlement that said their strategy of declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election in Wisconsin was used to try and overturn that election. The Republican electors, however, did not admit guilt or liability in the case. The settlement ends a two-and-a-half million-dollar lawsuit brought by the progressive law firm Law Forward. It remains to be seen if Wisconsin’s attorney general will file

Eau Claire’s Lego League team is headed for sectionals.  The team from the Pablo Center, named the Confluence Coders, qualified for sectionals by grabbing first place in their last competition.  The team is headed for a Saturday match-up with 28 other teams in Oak Creek.  Just eight of those teams will move on to the next round.