Farmers in the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership are getting a premium on their milk check for implementing sustainability practices. The extra income demonstrates how conservation efforts can bring benefits even beyond cleaner water. In the latest episode of the Dairy Stream podcast, host Mike Austin talks with Lindsay Reames, director of sustainability and external relations for the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, and Jenna Mitchell, Pennsylvania state director for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, about the innovative group, a U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winner. Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy sponsored this episode. Listen here. Podcast breakdown:      2:05: Background and goals

MILWAUKEE — The National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will host its 31st annual Fall Conference, “Perspectives from a Sports Law Faculty,” virtually on Friday, Oct. 16, from noon to 5 p.m. The conference will feature members of the Sports Law Program faculty at Marquette Law School, leading discussions and giving presentations on areas within their particular specialty. Topics will include issues in college athletics, featuring a panel of faculty and alumni from Marquette Law School currently working in intercollegiate compliance; sexual harassment in college athletics; when a coach is terminated without cause; interstate taxation of professional athletes

This week, Senator Kamala Harris took the debate stage to hold the Trump Administration accountable for its failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic and attempts to gut protections to pre-existing conditions. Jill Biden held a virtual event in Milwaukee, as part of the Wisconsin “Joe’s in Your Corner” tour, where she discussed  Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan to create millions of good-paying jobs, put money back in the pockets of working families, and invest in Wisconsin communities by improving access to safe, affordable housing. Senators Klobuchar and Baldwin traveled to Western Wisconsin to kick off the campaign’s national Build Back Better

HAGER CITY, WI – Today, Derrick Van Orden will be taking part in a virtual candidate forum with the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce. The event was originally planned to feature both candidates in the 3rd District race, but Ron Kind refused to take part with Derrick. Despite Derrick’s multiple offers to change the date to one that would work for Kind, the incumbent insisted on individual forums. Derrick released the following statement in response: “Ron Kind is hiding because he knows I will expose the lies he continues to tell the people of the 3rd District. While thousands of

WAUWATOSA – As Wauwatosa’s curfew expires, Milwaukee County Supervisor Shawn Rolland (District 6) – a Wauwatosa resident – is calling for Wauwatosa leaders and community advocates to try to find common ground while Wauwatosa’s Police and Fire Commission conducts its review into the conduct of Officer Joseph Mensah. According to Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission attorney Christopher Smith, an initial hearing relating to Officer Mensah’s conduct may not occur until late October, and the commission may not issue a decision until November or later. This decision could also be appealed to higher courts, further extending the timeline. “I would love

MADISON, Wis. – The Village of Muscoda is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The primary objective of the project is the construction of a new well and abandonment of the old well. Existing substandard hydrants, valves and water services within the right-of-way will also be replaced as part of the proposed construction. Additionally, the project includes replacing deficient water mains on Second Street, Maple Street and in the alley between Wisconsin Avenue and Second Street. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR

Study Estimates Biden-Harris Agenda will Cost $36.4 Trillion Dollars in total and cripple Wisconsin’s economy, creating potential $3 Billion Shortfall MADISON– The MacIver Institute is sharing a just-released groundbreaking study by The James Madison Institute (JMI), one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit economic research organizations. The analysis compares the economic policy agendas of the two major presidential candidates, President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden across five battleground states, with particular emphasis on Wisconsin. JMI compared the policy agenda the Biden-Harris campaign has proposed versus the Trump-Pence existing economic agenda. In total, the Biden-Harris policy proposals

(MADISON)—Today, Senator Tim Carpenter issued the following statement regarding the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard on this day in 1998: “Today is the anniversary of a story that shocked our nation 22 years ago, when two men targeted and murdered a young gay man named Matthew Shepard. “On October 12th, in 1998 Matthew Shepard succumbed to the injuries he withstood in a brutal beating and being abandoned on a roadside in rural Wyoming. His murderers had targeted him as a victim, and lured him to a rural location, fractured his skull in their beating, robbed him, and then

MILWAUKEE — Former State Sens. Tim Cullen and Dale Schultz will be featured guests for a bipartisan conversation on revising redistricting in an upcoming virtual “On the Issues with Mike Gousha,” Tuesday, Oct. 13. The video will be available at 12:15 p.m. on the Marquette University Law School website. Next year, state legislators will draw new legislative maps for Wisconsin, a process carried out every 10 years. Cullen, a Democrat from Janesville, and Schultz, a Republican who represented Richland Center, are two proponents of changing the state’s approach to redistricting, which has become a partisan issue in Wisconsin. Earlier this year,

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers proclaimed October as Manufacturing Month, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) will be promoting the state’s top industry throughout the month. Manufacturing is the number one contributor to Wisconsin’s economy, producing $63 billion in total output each year – 19 percent of Wisconsin’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Additionally, the state’s more than 9,000 manufacturers employ nearly 500,000 people. “Manufacturers are the lifeblood of our local and state economies,” said WMC President & CEO Kurt Bauer. “While this year has proved challenging for manufacturers, their response has been indescribable. Whether it was switching over production lines

MILWAUKEE – Supervisor John F. Weishan Jr. issued the following statement today on the occasion of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “I wish all Milwaukee County residents a happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day and would like to thank the students of the Indian Community School for their efforts in making this day an official Milwaukee County holiday. Wisconsin is well known for its rich indigenous cultures, especially in the Milwaukee area. I recognize those Milwaukee county residents of indigenous backgrounds and thank them for their many contributions to Milwaukee County and the State of Wisconsin,” said Weishan.   Supervisor Weishan sponsored legislation establishing the second Monday