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MADISON – Organizations throughout Wisconsin that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the WHEDA Foundation. Administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the WHEDA Foundation grants improve housing for community members with complex challenges such as developmental disabilities, domestic abuse, incomes at or...

MADISON – CG Schmidt is taking another step toward greater sustainability, partnering with Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) to purchase solar energy from a 5-megawatt (MW) solar array at Middleton Municipal Airport. CG Schmidt’s 129 shares of local solar will help power its Madison operations with clean energy and will offset about 65,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. 

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Deanna Arble, assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, is the recipient of a 2021 Way Klingler Early Career Award. The Way Klingler Early Career Award supports promising new scholars in critical stages of their careers. The awards are intended to fund $2,000 in...

MADISON – Affordable housing developers throughout Wisconsin have submitted applications for National Housing Trust Funds totaling $5.5 million to fund a total of 533 low-income and affordable workforce housing units. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, which administers the federal program as well as federal and state housing tax credit programs, anticipates a...

MADISON — In 2019, Megan Garvey led the dozens of reporters in her Southern California newsroom as they, for the first time, set explicit “missions” for their beats.  On Wednesday, July 28, at a free virtual training session hosted by SPJ Madison, Garvey — now the executive editor at Southern California Public Radio and LAist...