Thursday, May 26
UW-Madison’s PEOPLE Program, a pre-college diversity improvement initiative launched in the 1990s, is struggling with decreasing retention and graduation rates, according to an independent evaluation of the program.
A federal appeals court rules that Epic Systems acted illegally by requiring some workers to arbitrate wage disputes individually rather than as a group. This is the latest development in the saga of the Epic technical writers’ overtime pay lawsuit and a major victory for workers’ rights.
Friday, May 27
On a judge’s order, Gov. Scott Walker releases emails proving that his office requested changes to the UW’s cherished mission statement, known as the Wisconsin Idea. For more than a year, Walker blamed the move on a “drafting error.” Is there a PolitiFact ruling worse than “Pants on Fire?”
Officials confirm the first case of Zika virus in Dane County in a non-pregnant woman who recently traveled to Colombia. How about some funding, Congress?
Monday, May 30
State Sen. Frank Lasee, a Republican who may or may not live in De Pere, was renting out his apartment on Airbnb at the same time he was pushing for legislation that would prohibit municipalities from imposing room taxes or other regulations on such short-term rentals, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Tuesday, May 31
The race for Dane County district attorney is heating up. Former Kenosha County District Attorney Bob Jambois announces his bid to unseat incumbent Ismael Ozanne. Jambois has worked as an assistant district attorney in Ozanne’s office for the past year.