Leaders of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature withheld pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees while approving raises for other state workers on Tuesday in an ongoing fight over the school system's diversity, equity and inclusion spending. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who co-chairs the Legislature's employment relations committee, has promised to block pay raises for UW employees until the school system cuts its so-called DEI spending by $32 million. "We're only doing half our job today," Democratic Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard said. "We are denying pay increases to half of our state workforce because of one person's resistance to inclusion on our campuses."
