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Gj sentinel weekly8/19/2023 Cutting the university system when the state has a $7 billion surplus is “irrational” and “ridiculous,” he said.Įvers’ spokesperson, Britt Cudaback, didn’t immediately respond to messages from the AP seeking comment. He told reporters during a tour of a cheese manufacturer in Monroe on Wednesday that he wouldn’t sign the budget if Republicans follow through, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. That’s not what I think taxpayers should be funding.”Įvers, a Democrat and a former UW regent, tweeted Tuesday that the cut would be “disastrous” for the UW System. “They no longer go to church on Sunday, but boy, are they trying to make sure everybody is evangelized on campus, that’s there only one acceptable viewpoint. “For people on the left, (efforts to promote diversity have) become their new religion,” Vos said. He said during a news conference Wednesday that diversity efforts have become liberals’ “new religion” and tax dollars shouldn’t be used to help them. Tony Evers said Wednesday in a newspaper report that he won’t sign the state budget if Republican lawmakers follow through on their plan to cut funding for the state university system’s diversity officers, escalating a bitter fight over dollars for the state campuses.Īssembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he wants to cut $32 million from the UW System in the state’s 2023-25 budget, an amount he said is equal to what the system spends on diversity officers.
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