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Gov. Tony Evers' announcement came just one week after a Republican-appointed regent said he would stay on the board past his term until a successor is appointed and confirmed.
Lisa Pisano, the second person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days, NYU Langone Health announced.
Atwell emailed Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, regents President Karen Walsh, and Executive Director Megan Wasley stating he won't step down.
Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month.
M John Cornyn, a Republican U.S. senator from Texas, said after visiting state Senate district caucus meetings at the state party's convention that "God willing" he would run for reelection in 2026 regardless of the outcome of the race to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as GOP leader.