UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley announced his support Friday for a 150-megawatt power plant on the west side of campus.
Wiley recommended that the state include the plan for the West Campus Cogeneration Facility in the 2003-'05 capital budget. The plan calls for a power plant on the 600 block of Walnut Street that would be built as a partnership between UW-Madison and Madison Gas and Electric.
The power plant has been somewhat controversial in recent months with area residents citing environmental concerns about the project.
A legislative committee Monday approved 19 state employee contracts, including that of the Teaching Assistants' Association, after a two-year delay, according to the Associated Press.
The state Legislature is expected to approve the contracts Tuesday and the governor has scheduled a signing ceremony to approve them Wednesday.
The contracts extend from 2001 to the end of this fiscal year, June 30. Employees will now receive back pay for raises included in the contracts.
A man who fell Saturday from a second story balcony at the Mifflin Street block party remained in serious condition at UW Hospital Monday, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Benjamin Schutz of Jefferson, Wis., fell and sustained a head injury when he tried to climb up to the second floor balcony at 543 W. Mifflin St.
Paramedics transferred him to the hospital, where he regained consciousness.
The hospital spokesperson said Schutz had not improved in condition since Sunday.
