Distillers find opportunity, innovation in pandemic

Wisconsin distilleries Driftless Glen and Wollersheim see opportunity and innovation amid the global pandemic.  Baraboo’s Driftless Glen made a conscious effort about four years ago to push its bourbon to off-premise consumption, such as in liquor stores. When the pandemic

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Underly declares victory in state superintendent’s race

Pecatonica School District Superintendent Jill Underly declared victory in the state superintendent’s race over former Brown Deer School District Superintendent Deb Kerr. With over 96 percent of voting precincts reporting, Underly led Kerr by over 15 points at roughly 57.7

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Dave Cieslewicz: Georgia on our minds

We need to lower the temperature on rhetoric about voting. One side falsely claims wide spread voter fraud while the other charges that some election law changes are, “the new Jim Crow.” Neither accusation holds up under scrutiny.

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Distillers find opportunity, innovation in pandemic

Wisconsin distilleries Driftless Glen and Wollersheim see opportunity and innovation amid the global pandemic.  Baraboo’s Driftless Glen made a conscious effort about four years ago to push its bourbon to off-premise consumption, such as in liquor stores. When the pandemic hit, that decision paid off with 2020 wholesales surpassing those

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WED AM Update: Declaring victory in DPI race, Underly says she aims to reopen all schools for in-person instruction by fall

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent-elect Jill Underly says she wants to make sure all schools reopen for in-person learning by the fall while pledging to improve math and literacy gaps across the state. “Wisconsin’s kids and public schools face significant challenges

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Underly declares victory in state superintendent’s race

Pecatonica School District Superintendent Jill Underly declared victory in the state superintendent’s race over former Brown Deer School District Superintendent Deb Kerr. With over 96 percent of voting precincts reporting, Underly led Kerr by over 15 points at roughly 57.7 percent to Kerr’s 42.3 percent. During a virtual event, Underly

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Union rep urges state Legislature to tackle payroll fraud

Labor representative Andy Buck is urging the Legislature to take up measures to tackle worker misclassification and payroll fraud.  The Joint Task Force on Payroll Fraud and Worker Misclassification submitted its 2021 annual report to Gov. Tony Evers last month. Worker misclassification is illegally labeling employees as independent contractors in

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Chancellors advocate for R&D investment, Endless Frontier Act

The chancellors of Wisconsin’s top two research universities are pushing for investment in more R&D. “The only way that we stay at the front end of the world economy is by being on the front end in innovation,” UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said, adding that other countries in key tech

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Dave Cieslewicz: Georgia on our minds

We need to lower the temperature on rhetoric about voting. One side falsely claims wide spread voter fraud while the other charges that some election law changes are, “the new Jim Crow.” Neither accusation holds up under scrutiny.

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