Articles by Rich Kremer

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced campus-wide furloughs for faculty, and academic and university staff to help address a $100 million budget deficit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The UW System Administration office has announced it will furlough all of its 588 employees to cover revenue losses tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers will take 14 mandatory unpaid days off between this May and June 2021.
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The UW Board of Regents approved a policy change that would authorize UW System President Ray Cross and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to create furlough policies.
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The University of Wisconsin System projects it will lose around $170 million of revenue this spring after students were told not to come back to campus after spring break to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Wisconsin's county sheriff's offices are working to reduce the number of inmates in hopes of preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 among inmates and jail staff.
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The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development projects Wisconsin's unemployment rate is nearly 27 percent due to business closures and social distancing orders meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Wisconsin clerks turned to surgical masks, gloves and Plexiglas in hopes of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus during the state's spring election. They say they did the best they could under the circumstances and are glad it's over.
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The Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene says partnerships with hospital labs has increased COVID-19 testing capacity thirtyfold in the last month. But due to shortages of testing supplies screenings are still not available for everyone that wants one.
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UW Health, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin are working to find plasma donors who have recovered from COVID-19 in order to treat those hospitalized with the disease.
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Wisconsin colleges and universities are changing their strategies for recruiting potential students and getting them to commit to enrollment amid strict bans on social gatherings due to the new coronavirus.,