Evers, Wisconsin Democrats Slam UW Regents’ Second Vote on DEI Deal

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol are furious with Republican lawmakers after Universities of Wisconsin regents voted to accept the deal that will roll back some diversity, equity and inclusion jobs. Regents voted Wednesday night to accept the deal that repurposes a little more than 40 DEI administrators in exchange for $800 million for UW pay raises, a new engineering building on the Madison campus and millions more in other university needs. Gov. Tony Evers said regents were essentially forced to take the deal.