Thompson Center event with former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement

Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement will be joining the Thompson Center for a free webinar to discuss the Supreme Court in 2020. Clement and the Thompson Center’s own Ryan Owens will discuss the upcoming cases faced by the court, and the possible ramifications of their decisions.  Time will be set aside for audience Q&A at this Webinar.  We hope you can join us for what is sure to be an interesting event. To Register to attend this event please click here! This event has adapted in consideration of the Covid-19 coronavirus and has been changed to an online virtual format,

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Thompson Center webinar with K.T. McFarland, former U.S. deputy national security adviser

Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland will be speaking for this free public webinar. K.T. is an expert on a wide array of contemporary national security topics, and will address a number of these at this event. If you have a specific question or topic area you would like her to address please send an email to the Tommy G. Thompson Center at thompsoncenter@wisc.edu with the subject line ‘K.T. McFarland’. To register for this Zoom webinar, please click here!

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Thompson Center: ‘Improving integration of services and outcomes using Charting the Lifecourse’

Michelle Reynolds is Director of Individual Advocacy & Family Support with the University of Missouri – Kansas City.  This event will be part of the Thompson Center’s ongoing series: Increasing Independence For Wisconsin’s Disabled Population.  Michelle’s talk  will be hosted electronically on April 7th at Noon CT, and will run for approximately 1 hour. To attend this webinar, please register through the Zoom link by clicking here! Speaker Biography Reynolds is Associate Director of Training and Technical Assistance at the UMKC Institute for Human Development, University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, as well as Research Associate Professor with the UMKC

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Dane County: Increases funding for Small Business Pandemic Support Grant Program to $800,000 following overwhelming community interest

Today, County Executive Joe Parisi announced that Dane County will increase funding for its Small Business Pandemic Support Grant Program to $800,000 following overwhelming community interest the last few days. The new grant program was announced Wednesday, April 1 and started out at $250,000. By Thursday evening, Dane Buy Local had received 800 grant applications from local businesses. By more than tripling the funding total, Dane County and Dane Buy Local hope to help even more local businesses survive the COIVD-19 public health crisis, which has caused many to temporarily close their doors. “I’m pleased to be able to increase

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