Madison, WI — As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into 2021, a new piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lays out how President Biden’s American Rescue Plan would provide local governments across Wisconsin with the resources needed to respond to the economic and health care-related consequences from  the pandemic, and offer

CONTACT: Alyssa Mauk, ACLU of Wisconsin Communications Director, amauk@aclu-wi.org  MADISON – Bills proposed in the Wisconsin State Legislature that would exclude transgender students from participating in sports teams consistent with their identified gender are premised on transphobia and misconceptions about transgender athletes, the ACLU of Wisconsin said in a statement

CONTACT: Doug Erickson, University Communications, dderickson2@wisc.edu, (608) 294-0204 MADISON – On the final day of remote classes last fall, students in one of Assistant Professor Mou Banerjee’s history courses surprised her with a gesture that nearly brought her to tears. One by one, the students held up homemade posters in front

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Todd Young (R-IN) and Gary Peters (D-MI) are reintroducing the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act, bipartisan legislation that will codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes and increase the icebreaking capacity of the Great Lakes fleet. Icebreaking

Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Strategic Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (March 3, 2021) – Dr. Ashley Byock, Associate Professor and Chair in the English Department, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in the spring of 2022. Dr. Byock will teach an

For more information, contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs, 608-266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov   The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced that a new Milwaukee Tool facility that plans to add 50 jobs will be supported by a $250,000 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant for road construction. The grant, approved by WisDOT Secretary-designee Craig

CONTACT: UW-Madison: Mike Klein, mjklein3@wisc.edu; UW Credit Union: Tanya Pinsoneault, tanya@theweaponry.com MADISON – UW Credit Union will remain the preferred financial partner for the University of Wisconsin-Madison through 2025. The five-year contract is effective immediately and includes the option to extend the relationship an additional five years, through December 31, 2030. UW

Tom Luljak, vice chancellor for University Relations & Communications, has announced his retirement after more than two decades of distinguished service to UWM. Luljak joined UWM in 2000, when he was hired as the university’s first director of marketing services. In 2001, he became vice chancellor, serving as chief administrator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2021 Contact: DNR Office of Communications DNRPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON, Wis. – The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the open application period for a newly formed Wolf Management Plan Committee (WMPC). Beginning this month, the department will begin recruitment for the WMPC with an open application period through March

For more information, contact: Collin Roth | WILL Director of Communication collin@will-law.org | 414-607-2558 The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a Notice of Claim, Wednesday, with the City of Madison on behalf of four real estate, development, and building associations warning that the City’s new mandatory bird-safe

Contact: ahcapressoffice@AHCA.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report today showing nursing homes in the U.S. have seen the