The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday canceled all in-person social events and ordered undergraduate students to restrict their movements for the next two weeks in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System administration will lay off an untold number of employees over the next two years as part of $10 million in cuts that interim President Tommy Thompson ...

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The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will meet next week to consider spending at least $40 million on various projects throughout the state.

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University of Wisconsin System interim president Tommy Thompson said Thursday that he has requested $110 million from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to pay for COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and personal protective equipment so campuses can safely reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tommy Thompson has tapped two figures from his past to lead a transition team as he prepares to take over as the University of Wisconsin System’s interim president next week.

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Plans for a $126 million gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are on the agenda for a meeting of the Wisconsin State Building Commission on Wednesday.

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University officials on Thursday were set to consider plans to fix a faulty HVAC system at a dorm in Eau Claire and to build a $121 million gymnasium in Madison without disturbing an adjacent Native American burial ground.

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Five University of Wisconsin campuses are phasing out coal as a heat source this year and will start using a combination of natural gas and heating oil.

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A state senator is crying foul over roughly $33 million in cost overruns on two University of Wisconsin System buildings projects.

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A state Senate committee has given a favorable recommendation to legislation that would ensure contractors get the same tax breaks when they buy materials for UW hospital projects as they now receive for other sorts of nonprofit work.

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