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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi suspended all nonessential county official travel to North Carolina and Mississippi Monday in response to the states' LGBT discriminatory laws. 
CITY NEWS

Parisi urges Walker not to sign any discriminatory bills, bans nonessential travel to Mississippi, North Carolina

By Miller Jozwiak | Apr. 12, 2016

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker Monday in which he urged Walker not to sign any laws that allow for discrimination based on sexual orientation. Parisi also suspended all nonessential travel to states with these laws. Parisi stressed the business impacts other states have seen due to new laws that allow discrimination against the LGBT community on religious grounds. In the letter, he noted PayPal decided not to build its global operations center in North Carolina after the state passed the law.

Two people from the UW-Madison community will be honored April 16 for their efforts to improve the status of women at the university.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison honors two for advancing the status of women

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 9, 2016

UW-Madison announced Thursday that two people from the UW community will be honored with the Women’s Philanthropy Council Champion Awards for advancing the status of women at the university. The biennial award is granted to one man and one woman. The two winners are Lori DiPrete Brown, associate director for education at the Global Health Institute, and Robert Golden, Robert Turell Professor in Medical Leadership, according to a university release.

Right-to-work protest
STATE NEWS

Dane County judge strikes down Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, state vows legal fight

By Andrew Bahl | Apr. 8, 2016

In a staggering decision Friday, a Dane County judge threw out Wisconsin’s year-old right-to-work law, saying it violated Wisconsin’s constitution. In the first known instance of a right-to-work law being struck down by a court, Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Foust wrote that the law, which prohibits union membership as a condition of employment, blocked the property rights of unions. “Unions] have a legally protectable property interest in the services they perform for their members and non-members,” Froust wrote.

Board of Regents
NEWS

UW students share experiences, suggestions for improving campus climate to Board of Regents

By Madeline Heim | Apr. 8, 2016

A panel of students from schools across the UW System sat down with the Board of Regents Friday to detail experiences of marginalized student groups and propose recommendations for an improved atmosphere of understanding and inclusion on campus. Regent President Regina Millner said although a broad spectrum of students, faculty and community members have been engaging in conversations about diversity and equity over the past several months, she recognizes there is more work to be done.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison hosts information session on reporting incidents of hate and bias

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 8, 2016

UW-Madison hosted an informational session Thursday at Gordon Dining and Event Center to explain both the classification of incidents of hate and bias and the process of reporting them. The event was announced after students shared their experiences on #TheRealUW and the many official reports of hate and bias in the past month. UW-Madison junior Tim Martens said he knew little about the reporting processes prior to attending the event.

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