Dane County Exec. Parisi: Announces grant money available for conservation projects

                December 27, 2017 Contact: Scott Adrian 608-266-2444 Parisi Announces Grant Money Available for Conservation Projects Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and the Dane County Environmental Council announced that the County is accepting applications for two grant programs designed to support projects that improve, protect, and enhance Dane County’s land and water resources.  As part of the Land and Water Legacy Initiative, the Capital Equipment Grant Program will make awards of up to $2,500 to assist with the purchase or rental of equipment or services that will benefit Dane County conservation projects. In addition, the Community Partners Grant Program

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We Energies: Employees are headed to Puerto Rico

Media line 414-221-4444 We Energies Media Advisory Employees from We Energies and our sister company, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), soon will deploy to Puerto Rico to assist with the power restoration mission following Hurricane Maria. About 35 We Energies employees and 25 WPS workers will depart the second week of January for an estimated four- to six-week work assignment in the San Juan area. They’ll join thousands of other power restoration workers from other U.S. energy companies answering Puerto Rico’s need for assistance. An estimated 3.5 million Puerto Ricans were left in the dark after Hurricane Maria made a direct hit

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Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Your scam-free 2018 starts now!

DATCP NEWS RELEASE: Your Scam-Free 2018 Starts Now! A Commentary from Sheila Harsdorf, DATCP Secretary Release Date: December 27, 2017 Media Contact: Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – As we prepare to ring in the New Year, many Wisconsinites are planning to make positive changes in their live… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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James Rowen: At EPA, Stepp should recuse from Stepp’s WI DNR record review

Imagine that you take your doctor to court for a long pattern of negligence, and suddenly, there’s a new judge on the case: your doctor! That’s pretty much what may be facing Wisconsin citizens who filed a detailed legal petition with the EPA for corrective action (PCA) to fix multiple deficiencies in Wisconsin’s application of federal water law under the direction of WI DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp – – yet the very same Stepp has just been appointed director of the EPA’s regional office that includes Wisconsin and makes decisions about EPA policies and federal water law enforcement in the state.

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Jonathan Krause: Person of the Year

Yesterday I announced our Newsmaker of the Year here in Oshkosh.  Now I’m going to hand out our Person of the Year honoree.  The difference between the two is that the Newsmaker was the busiest–but the Person of the Year had the most-positive effect on the city.  And this year, that person was UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt. I cannot overstate the courage and ethics that it took for Leavitt to expose the financial scheme that he inherited involving the school and the UWO Foundation.  It would have been very easy to look the other way after finding the improper letters of

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Dave Zweifel: Plain Talk: Glad to put 2017 in the rear-view mirror

It’s nearly time to say goodbye to another year and to this one, I say good riddance. The year 2017 was a good news year in one major respect. The Capital Times turned 100 and we were able to celebrate all that has meant. Meanwhile, though, it was a year of both a personal challenge and one that marked a dangerous degradation of our government, one that could imperil our future.

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Kids Forward: End poverty so kids can shine

One in six Wisconsin children lives in poverty—and these numbers are even worse for children of color. The long term impacts on children growing up in poverty are detrimental. Children who live in poverty are at greater risk of education challenges, health problems, lower future earnings, and shortened life expectancy. Kids Forward is committed to fighting this problem. That’s why we recently helped launch a bold new campaign to end child poverty in Wisconsin. End Child Poverty seeks to inspire Wisconsin to set a goal of eliminating child poverty, reducing racial disparities, and establishing evidence-based evaluation of progress to hold ourselves accountable—all

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Dane County Exec. Parisi: Announces grant money available for conservation projects

                December 27, 2017 Contact: Scott Adrian 608-266-2444 Parisi Announces Grant Money Available for Conservation Projects Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and the Dane County Environmental Council announced that the County is accepting applications for two grant programs designed to support projects that improve, protect, and enhance Dane County’s

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We Energies: Employees are headed to Puerto Rico

Media line 414-221-4444 We Energies Media Advisory Employees from We Energies and our sister company, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), soon will deploy to Puerto Rico to assist with the power restoration mission following Hurricane Maria. About 35 We Energies employees and 25 WPS workers will depart the second week of January

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Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Your scam-free 2018 starts now!

DATCP NEWS RELEASE: Your Scam-Free 2018 Starts Now! A Commentary from Sheila Harsdorf, DATCP Secretary Release Date: December 27, 2017 Media Contact: Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – As we prepare to ring in the New Year, many Wisconsinites are planning to make positive changes in their live…

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Jonathan Krause: Person of the Year

Yesterday I announced our Newsmaker of the Year here in Oshkosh.  Now I’m going to hand out our Person of the Year honoree.  The difference between the two is that the Newsmaker was the busiest–but the Person of the Year had the most-positive effect on the city.  And this year,

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Kids Forward: End poverty so kids can shine

One in six Wisconsin children lives in poverty—and these numbers are even worse for children of color. The long term impacts on children growing up in poverty are detrimental. Children who live in poverty are at greater risk of education challenges, health problems, lower future earnings, and shortened life expectancy.

Read More »