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Across our country, schools and colleges are making tough decisions about if, when and how to reopen for fall study.
Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan would build a strong economy in an environmentally sustainable manner while creating jobs and growing businesses, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind and former Dem presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg say. Speaking Thursday on a virtual roundtable
Dem lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to help
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is set today to make his fifth visit to Wisconsin this year with stops in Ripon and Onalaska. Pence will first visit Ripon
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced this
On Friday, July 17th, Vice President Pence will travel to Wisconsin. That day, the Vice President will visit Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party, to deliver remarks on the Trump administration’s ongoing commitment to a
Madison, WI—Today, Representative Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) was presented with the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Building Wisconsin award for his work to advance the state’s construction industry. This session, Representative Brooks co-authored Assembly Bill 45/Senate Bill 45, which would allow
The coronavirus pandemic opened new windows of opportunity for the business world by creating new problems to solve, showcasing old problems in a new light and making new solutions to old problems available, according to two UW-Madison professors. “COVID is
Mike Huebsch, a former GOP Assembly speaker, DOA secretary and Public Service commissioner, will serve as the Wisconsin Water Alliance president after his unanimous election by the board. Huebsch told WisBusiness.com the biggest challenge facing Wisconsin water right now is
Epic provides risk-scoring algorithms that look at health factors to help organizations determine which appointments to reschedule first. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic caused health care organizations to cancel most routine and elective procedures. Now that health care facilities
Medical College of Wisconsin President Dr. John Raymond warns that Wisconsinites have four to six weeks to change their behavior before experiencing what other states are seeing: overcrowded ICUs, full hospitals and refrigerator trucks as morgues. The “troubling” indicator is
The EPA Small Refinery Exemptions update in mid-June shows the agency was considering 52 exemption petitions for Renewable Fuel Standard compliance in a big chunk of the 2010s — actions that could hurt a Wisconsin ethanol industry just beginning to
In Wisconsin, we encourage Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans in the state Legislature to work together on reasonable steps that can be taken to fight the virus. In Washington, we encourage the same for President Donald Trump and both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
A lot of bad ideas about coronavirus control are floating round out there unchecked and are hurting the efforts to get the disease under control.
Without second round of pandemic aid there will be more jobs and health insurance lost, more services cut.
The DOJ pits public-school students against private-school students in latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education.
Conservative network, including key state operatives, quietly fought solutions other advanced countries pursued.
How state compares to others in testing, rate of positive cases and rate of hospitalization.
President Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility for a national health emergency along with his reluctance to even acknowledge the severity and consequences of COVID-19 has turned the pandemic into a public health crisis and economic devastation that Americans are paying for with their lives and well-being.
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Across our country, schools and colleges are making tough decisions about if, when and how to reopen for fall study.
Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan would build a strong economy in an environmentally sustainable manner while creating jobs and growing businesses, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind and former Dem presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg say. Speaking Thursday on a virtual roundtable hosted by the Biden campaign, Buttigieg said Americans need to
Dem lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to help the Department of Workforce Development with unemployment insurance processing. That
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is set today to make his fifth visit to Wisconsin this year with stops in Ripon and Onalaska. Pence will first visit Ripon College to tout President Trump’s “ongoing commitment to a pro-growth
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced this afternoon that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to
On Friday, July 17th, Vice President Pence will travel to Wisconsin. That day, the Vice President will visit Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party, to deliver remarks on the Trump administration’s ongoing commitment to a pro-growth agenda and the rejection of socialist policies. Following, the
Madison, WI—Today, Representative Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) was presented with the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Building Wisconsin award for his work to advance the state’s construction industry. This session, Representative Brooks co-authored Assembly Bill 45/Senate Bill 45, which would allow apprentice tuition to be treated identically to college and university
The coronavirus pandemic opened new windows of opportunity for the business world by creating new problems to solve, showcasing old problems in a new light and making new solutions to old problems available, according to two UW-Madison professors. “COVID is clearly a disaster,” said business Professor Hart Posen in an
Mike Huebsch, a former GOP Assembly speaker, DOA secretary and Public Service commissioner, will serve as the Wisconsin Water Alliance president after his unanimous election by the board. Huebsch told WisBusiness.com the biggest challenge facing Wisconsin water right now is the balance between government regulation and everybody who uses water
Epic provides risk-scoring algorithms that look at health factors to help organizations determine which appointments to reschedule first. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic caused health care organizations to cancel most routine and elective procedures. Now that health care facilities start offering those services again, reduced schedules, essential for social
Medical College of Wisconsin President Dr. John Raymond warns that Wisconsinites have four to six weeks to change their behavior before experiencing what other states are seeing: overcrowded ICUs, full hospitals and refrigerator trucks as morgues. The “troubling” indicator is the state’s reproductive number that indicates the number of people
The EPA Small Refinery Exemptions update in mid-June shows the agency was considering 52 exemption petitions for Renewable Fuel Standard compliance in a big chunk of the 2010s — actions that could hurt a Wisconsin ethanol industry just beginning to come back from a pandemic-induced hit. Wisconsin is front and
In Wisconsin, we encourage Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans in the state Legislature to work together on reasonable steps that can be taken to fight the virus. In Washington, we encourage the same for President Donald Trump and both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
A lot of bad ideas about coronavirus control are floating round out there unchecked and are hurting the efforts to get the disease under control.
Without second round of pandemic aid there will be more jobs and health insurance lost, more services cut.
The DOJ pits public-school students against private-school students in latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education.
Conservative network, including key state operatives, quietly fought solutions other advanced countries pursued.
How state compares to others in testing, rate of positive cases and rate of hospitalization.
President Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility for a national health emergency along with his reluctance to even acknowledge the severity and consequences of COVID-19 has turned the pandemic into a public health crisis and economic devastation that Americans are paying for with their lives and well-being.