Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is poised to ignore a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
for UW employees that were included in the state budget unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The Evers package also includes $40 million more for the Wisconsin Technical College System; $100 million more for a grant program targeting healthcare-related worker shortages; $60 million for programs targeting nursing shortages; and $16 million to address teacher shortages.
Democrats want to prolong the Child Care Counts program, which distributed nearly $600 million to more than 4,900 child care providers from March 2020 through March 2023, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
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