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This past weekend, Wisconsin issued $3 million in benefits to more than 44,000 families for almost 62,000 children under the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program for the 2021-2022 school year. Created by Congress in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the School P-EBT program provides vital food benefits for children who, due to the COVID-19...

Madison, WI (March 7, 2022) — Data released in recent months show the achievement gaps in Wisconsin are as broad as ever. In an effort to close those gaps, the state is continuing funding a PreK learning program in 6 districts where the gaps are greatest.  The program, Waterford Upstart by nonprofit Waterford.org, helps...

(Arlington, VA) Monday, March 7, 2022 – Scams related to cryptocurrency jumped from the seventh riskiest scam in 2020 to second riskiest in 2021.  Although cryptocurrency scams made up only 1.9% of the scams reported to BBB Scam TrackerSM in 2021, according to the Better Business Bureau, the average reported median dollar loss reported for these scams was...

A special guest with a heartfelt farewell message capped off Employee Appreciation Week on Friday, March 4, at UW-Stout. Former governor and current UW System President Gov. Tommy Thompson, whose last day as president is March 18, spoke at a reception in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center and thanked the standing-room-only...

Green Bay, WI---March 7, 2022---The Neville Public Museum of Brown County is set to host the Neville Public Museum Geology Club’s Rock, Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and Fossil Show on April 2-3, 2022. The show includes craft demonstrations, rock ID, and features dealers with a worldwide selection of specimens, custom jewelry, and finished beads. 

MADISON, Wis. (March 7, 2022)-- For Women’s History Month, The Wisconsin Credit Union League (The League) — a trade association representing the interests of 118 credit unions across the state — is celebrating the strong representation of women leaders in The Credit Union Movement both in Wisconsin and nationwide. Nationwide, more than half of...

MADISON, Wis. – In a deal announced yesterday, Summit Credit Union will acquire West Bend’s Commerce State Bank. This marks the sixth acquisition of a taxpaying Wisconsin bank by a tax-exempt credit union in a decade, continuing a concerning trend of taxpaying community banks being bought by large, growth-oriented credit unions. The acquisition will bring Summit Credit Union...

Kathy Henrich, CEO of Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition, has been named to the Board of Directors of M3 Insurance. Henrich’s three-year board appointment was approved on March 2, 2022, at the M3 Shareholder Meeting. In January 2020, Henrich was named CEO of Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition, a non-profit organization focused on inclusively doubling tech...

GREEN BAY, Wis. ― Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the U.S., said today the proposed changes by the Canadian government to how it administers its tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for U.S. dairy would continue to block key export opportunities. Edge urged U.S. officials to work with the country to bring about fair...

Racial disparities in homeownership are larger in Wisconsin than nationwide and have worsened over the past decade, a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows.  The report found this trend exists in the state’s five most populous cities -- Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine -- as well as statewide. It focuses on homeownership...

-- Racial disparities in homeownership are larger in Wisconsin than nationwide and have worsened over the past decade, a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows.  The report found this trend exists in the state’s five most populous cities -- Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine -- as well as statewide. It focuses on...