At FOX Weather, we’re celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting women in meteorology. “It’s good to know before their upcoming Senate confirmation votes that several Regents chose their sacred ideology over getting our students ready for their careers,” Kapenga wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. March 8 is International Womens Day and on Weather Command, FOX Weathers Amy Freeze spoke with Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean to talk about her influence on the industry. Senate President Chris Kapenga posted on social media between the two votes that standing against the deal would cost them their confirmations. Wachs and Miller voted against the plan each time. They took another vote four days later, this time approving it 11-6 after regents Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, Jennifer Staton and Karen Walsh flipped from “no” to “yes.” The regents initially rejected the deal on a 9-8 vote. In exchange, the regents had to agree to freeze hiring for diversity positions through 2026, shift at least 43 diversity positions to focus on “student success,” eliminate statements supporting diversity on student applications, create a position focused on conservative thought and end an affirmative action hiring program at UW-Madison. Vos reached a deal with regents in December that called for legislators to release the money for the raises and various campus construction projects, including a new engineering building at UW-Madison. Vos has argued such efforts only foster division, reflecting a broader cultural battle over college diversity initiatives playing out across the country. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos refused to release the money in an attempt to force regents to reduce the number of positions that work on diversity, equity and inclusion projects. The state budget Republicans approved and Evers signed last summer called for raises for university employees. Browse Getty Images’ premium collection of high-quality, authentic Amy Freeze stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Find out Amy Freeze’s biography, real name, net worth, salary, height, age, relationship, husband, divorce, family, residence, achievements. She also worked for WFLD station in Chicago. She is working as a weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York and also works on ABC’s Good Morning America. Miller, who owns a venture capital fund, declined to comment, saying he would wait until the full Senate took action. Amy Freeze has been a quite popular figure. “I’ve enjoyed very much my experience on the Board of Regents. “This (rejection) may be an example of partisan politics off the rails,” he said. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Wachs, an Eau Claire attorney who served three terms in the state Assembly and briefly considered a run for governor in 2018, said in a telephone interview Friday that he was disappointed with the committee’s vote and may consider running for Assembly again this fall to help restore civility to state politics.