Universities of Wisconsin accepts Republican DEI deal in second vote

(Madison, WI) -- Wisconsin's governor isn't happy that UW regents have reversed course, and accepted the DEI deal from Republican lawmakers. Governor Tony Evers said after yesterday's vote to swap 40 diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs for nearly a billion-dollars in pay raises for UW workers and other university needs, that Republicans overreached and forced UW regents to bend to their political will. Evers says the university needs to be independent and autonomous. He slammed the Republican offer as a 'tantrum.' Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the regents' second vote gets 'real reforms enacted,' and slammed the governor for lobbying against the vote.