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Madison, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, in partnership with the Urban League of Greater Madison and the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, will present Poetry & Pi(e), a festive annual event featuring poetry readings and delicious pie. On Friday, March 14, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Poetry & Pi(e) will feature in-person readings by new Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Jeanine Burmania, senior director of intellectual property and licensing for WARF.  The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing for UW-Madison research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Burmania discusses the organization’s efforts to identify “the great innovations” being developed on...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Jeanine Burmania, senior director of intellectual property and licensing for WARF.  The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing for UW-Madison research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Burmania discusses the organization’s efforts to identify “the great innovations” being developed on campus...

This is bad. Southeast Wisconsin has just been tagged as a Serious Non attainment Area for ozone by the U.S. EPA, effective January 2025. This label isn't just a bureaucratic footnote; it marks a significant regulatory shift with real-world implications for the region's industrial landscape, potentially stifling growth and impacting economic vitality. Economic and...

Madison – Today the competitive bidding process started with a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new $1.2 billion 765-kV transmission line that would run through several counties in Wisconsin. Earlier this month, a $568 million package of 345 kV lines in Wisconsin started the RFP process.  Our coalition of ratepayer, consumer protection groups, taxpayer...

Madison, WI - One City Schools announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to delay the opening of One City Preparatory Academy’s high school program until at least the 2026-27 school year, and instead limit the schools grade level offerings to its current 6 to 8th grade format. The decision, made at its February 25th, 2025...

MADISON, Wis. – Trade missions are an economic development tool that have worked throughout much of history and still have a role today, even in an age when face-to-face meetings across borders can be easily supplanted by virtual talks. Maybe it’s time for Wisconsin to incentivize a “trade mission” of sorts in search of...

(MILWAUKEE) — At the onset of ACT 12’s passage, the District made every effort to work with the City of Milwaukee and with stakeholders to ensure compliance with ACT 12.  As we have shared, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) stands ready to implement a School Resource Officer (SRO) program as soon as officers are made available to...

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University Law School will release the results of its first statewide poll of 2025 with an in-person event featuring Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, and Derek Mosley, director of the school’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, on Wednesday, March 5, at 12:15 p.m. at Marquette Law...

Milwaukee, Wis. – A package you didn’t order could be a fun surprise, but be careful – especially if it comes with a QR code. It might be the setup for a scam.  In a "brushing" scam, you receive a package you didn’t order, often without a return address. This is often a setup by unscrupulous companies who...

While Wisconsin still has yet to see any cases of bird flu in dairy cattle, the head of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory warns the impact of the virus could hit rural communities hardest.  Wisconsin in December identified multiple H5N1 cases in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, but has yet to find any bird...

-- While Wisconsin still has yet to see any cases of bird flu in dairy cattle, the head of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory warns the impact of the virus could hit rural communities hardest.  Wisconsin in December identified multiple H5N1 cases in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, but has yet to find any...