Seven UW-Madison grads recognized for early-career achievements MADISON, WI (August 10, 2022) — The Wisconsin Alumni Association today announced the recipients of the 2022 Forward Awards. This award acknowledges alumni who within 15 years of graduation from UW-Madison have demonstrated exceptional achievement and have been agents of positive change. These

[Fond du Lac, WI…] Fond Du Lac County District Attorney, who is currently prosecuting a 1st Degree Intentional Homicide Case including a hate crime, released the following statement  regarding his primary win last night: “Josh Kaul’s days of coddling criminals and defunding police and prosecutors will come to an end

West Allis, Wisc. – Today, Tim Michels, the successful businessman, veteran, political outsider, and Republican nominee for governor, released a new statewide television ad titled, “Peas.” The ad focuses on career politician Tony Evers’ dismal record and his similarity to career politician Joe Biden’s own failures. “They’re two peas in

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is urging a more robust federal response to the ongoing Monkeypox Public Health Emergency. Senator Baldwin joined a group of senators led by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging the

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CHICAGO (Aug. 10, 2022) – Laughlin Constable, the independent, full-service creative agency, today announced it has named Anthony Romano as CEO. Romano joins the family-owned Midwest agency to partner with chief creative officers Jon Laughlin and Pat Laughlin as the agency accelerates its next phase of evolution and growth at its Chicago and

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)’s Alice in Dairyland program was recently awarded the 2022 North American Agricultural Marketing Officials (NAAMO) Marketing Excellence Award. The annual award recognizes an innovative and effective agricultural marketing project from North America. Throughout the majority of 2020 and 2021,

WASHINGTON — One Nation, a public policy organization dedicated to promoting commonsense legislative solutions, continued its previously-announced advocacy effort in Wisconsin urging Senator Ron Johnson to keep fighting inflation by stopping liberal spending. The new advertisement, “Morgan,” features a Wisconsin mother talking about the impact of inflation on her family’s budget. This is the

Washington, DC – Earlier this week, Rep. Ron Kind presented 105-year-old Reynolds Tomter of Pigeon Falls with a Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in Whitehall, Wisconsin. Tomter served in World War II as a Merchant Mariner and participated in the greatest sealift in the history of the United States.   “Mariners like

STEVENS POINT, Wis., August 10, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Wisconsin Julie Lassa today announced that the Department will begin accepting applications on September 6 for funding to expand access to high-speed internet for millions of people in rural America nationwide, part of the

Yesterday, The Cap Times reported on Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s voting last week against the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and his attack on “an effort to ensure that people with diabetes could afford life-saving insulin.” Johnson is in it for himself and the billionaire Big Pharma backers who have bought

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University Law School will release the results of a new statewide survey with an in-person presentation from Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 12:15 p.m. in the Lubar Center at Marquette Law School’s Eckstein Hall.   A complete news

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – Today, small business owner and nonprofit leader Rebecca Cooke released the following statement regarding the primary results in Wisconsin’s Third District: From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank everyone who supported me in my campaign. Although we came up short, we built an incredible infrastructure

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers for July, showing that inflation still sits at a sky-high rate of 8.5%. Note: this 8.5% year over year increase comes on top of the 5.4% inflation of last July. While our nation is dealing with an economic