Dept. of Safety and Professional Services: Secretary-designee Dawn Crim joins Cap Times Ideas Fest and Wisconsin Leadership Summit, launches agency diversity initiative

MADISON, Wis. –  Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary-designee Dawn Crim will lend her equity, diversity, and inclusion insight to two events next week. On Monday, October 5, she is a panelist in the Wisconsin Leadership Summit session “Words to Live By: Moving Beyond the D&I Statements” from 9:45–11 a.m. The week-long event, presented by Madison 365, brings together some of the area’s most prominent leaders to explore issues facing government, education, healthcare, and more. On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Secretary-designee Crim is moderating the Cap Times Idea Fest panel, “Can Madison attract more professionals of color, and if so, how?” The session brings together panelists

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Johnson tests positive for COVID-19, but not experiencing symptoms

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, doesn’t believe the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court will be delayed after he and two GOP Senate colleagues tested positive for COVID-19. Speaking with reporters shortly after announcing he is not experiencing symptoms of the virus, Johnson indicated Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., believes the confirmation process will push forward. “One thing we have done with COVID is we have pretty well perfected the distanced and web-based hearings, and they worked quite well,” he said. Johnson is not on the Judiciary Committee, the panel responsible for advancing Barrett’s nomination

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Dept. of Safety and Professional Services: Secretary-designee Dawn Crim joins Cap Times Ideas Fest and Wisconsin Leadership Summit, launches agency diversity initiative

MADISON, Wis. –  Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary-designee Dawn Crim will lend her equity, diversity, and inclusion insight to two events next week. On Monday, October 5, she is a panelist in the Wisconsin Leadership Summit session “Words to Live By: Moving Beyond the D&I Statements” from 9:45–11 a.m. The week-long event,

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Johnson tests positive for COVID-19, but not experiencing symptoms

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, doesn’t believe the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court will be delayed after he and two GOP Senate colleagues tested positive for COVID-19. Speaking with reporters shortly after announcing he is not experiencing symptoms of the virus, Johnson indicated Senate Majority

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