The University of Wisconsin System ordered an audit late last month into UW-Madison’s bidding process for a large project just days before one of the companies not selected for the contract raised concerns and requested an investigation.
On the recent episode of Rewind: Your Week in Review, WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross and Capital Times opinion editor Jessie Opoien discuss former governor Tommy Thompson being appointed as interim president for the UW System. This happened after University of Alaska president Jim Johnsen withdrew from being the one and only nomination. Under current university policy, interim appointments can't seek the permanent job unless they receive a waiver, and Thompson requested to receive the minimum salary of $489,334. UW regents Karen Walsh, an Evers appointee, and regent president Andrew Petersen, a Walker appointee, both back Thompson.
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