The regents of the University of Wisconsin System are expected to vote on a proposal that could eventually lead to pay raises for all UW System employees.

The board of regents will vote when it wraps up its two-day meeting Friday in Milwaukee.

The proposal involves requests the UW System would make of the Office of State Employment Relations, and a recommendation for the legislative committee that oversees employment relations.

It involves asking that UW System employees be included in any salary hikes given to all state employees. It also involves requesting that the UW System be given autonomy to provide further salary increases from its own resources.

The proposal was already passed Thursday by the regents' business, finance and audit committee.

A University of Wisconsin graduate will channel his dad's love of biking and push pedals for a good cause in mid-June.

"My idea has always been to be like my father," Donald Malchow wrote on his blog. "I was thinking of ways to do so and make him proud."

Fittingly, Donald Malchow is calling his 85-mile ride planned on June 15 from Milwaukee to Madison, "Bike Like Mike."

Malfunctioning railroad signals tied up traffic on John Nolen Drive for nearly two hours Friday night, and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is meeting with Wisconsin and Southern railroad officials about similar incidents.

Madison police said they were called to John Nolen Drive at Broom Street and North Shore Drive after 6 p.m. after motorists reported they had already been stuck in traffic about a half hour. Officers found the gates had gone down, but there was no train.

Seven police officers tried to lift arms and move vehicles to get an ambulance through the congestion, according to police. An officer found nylon straps in his squad car?s truck that were used to hold two rail crossings up.

Malfunctioning railroad arms and long trains are becoming more common in Madison, and they're increasingly a danger to public safety, Madison Police Lt.