Health care workforce task force to develop action plan in coming months
Members of the Governor’s Task Force on the Health Care Workforce pointed to nursing and long-term care as areas to be addressed.
The task force will spend the next six months putting together an action plan for Gov. Tony Evers aimed at addressing key challenges with this labor pool. That’s according to Lt. Gov....
UW-Madison: She’s golden and a Badger, Olympian Meghan Duggan to keynote sprint commencement
MADISON — This year’s spring commencement speaker at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a Badger sports legend and trailblazing leader who scaled the heights of her sport, winning Olympic gold in women’s hockey as captain of Team USA in 2018.
Meghan Duggan, a three-time Olympic medalist who also played for the U.S. National Team...
Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul announces $2.5 million judgment against timeshare exit company and refunds for Wisconsin consumers
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured a judgment against Missouri-based timeshare exit company RSI, LLC d/b/a Relief Solutions International and its owners, Philip Russell Turner, II, and Burton Cummings. The judgment requires the defendants to pay a monetary penalty of more than $2.5 million and refund all of their Wisconsin customers. The...
NOAA and UW-Green Bay: To hold joint public meetings regarding the proposed Bay of Green Bay NERR
Green Bay, WI – A joint public meeting will be held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and UW-Green Bay on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, to solicit comments on significant issues related to the development of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Bay of Green Bay NERR. A virtual meeting will be held at 10...
InvestMidwest: Announces diverse lineup of companies for 2024 conference in Kansas City
Kansas City, MO - March 13, 2024 - InvestMidwest, is proud to announce the selection of companies for its highly anticipated 2024 event, to be held in Kansas City on April 17th and 18th. This year's conference will feature a diverse array of innovative startups across three tracks, agriculture, health, and digital technology including a special subtrack...
UW–Milwaukee: Rare opportunity to see experimental dance and media installation by three choreographers
Milwaukee, WI – March 13, 2024 – An experimental dance and media installation by three nationally respected choreographers comes to Milwaukee on Friday, April 5, 2024. This special evening will feature two works by three artistic collaborators: Milwaukee choreographer and performance artist Maria Gillespieand Los Angeles-based choreographers and performers Nguyễn Nguyên and Kevin Williamson. Gillespie is also...
U.S. Department of Transportation: Biden-Harris Administration announces $39.56 million for locally-led projects that reconnect communities in Wisconsin as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $39.56 million for Locally-Led Projects That Reconnect Communities in Wisconsin as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
More than 130 communities in 41 states and Washington, DC will benefit from $3.3 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funding to stitch back communities...
Lindner and Marsack, S.C.: Welcomes Sean Lees to growing labor and employment law team
MILWAUKEE, WI – Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor and employment law firms, announced today that Sean Lees has joined the firm. Lees will practice out of Lindner & Marsack’s Milwaukee office.
Lees will focus on a broad range of labor and employment law matters for clients....
Laughlin Constable, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.: Teaming up again
MILWAUKEE (March 13, 2024) – Midwest agency Laughlin Constable today announced it has signed a new creative partnership agreement with Milwaukee World Festival Inc., producer of Summerfest, to promote the 2024 June and July music festival. The new contract follows on the heels of Laughlin Constable leading Summerfest’s 2022 and 2023 campaign strategy and creative concepting following a...
Wisconsin Army Guard: Public affairs unit returns from Baltics
The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) returned over the past week from a deployment to Eastern Europe.
The 112th MPAD provided critical public affairs support to Operation Assure, Deter and Reinforce, an ongoing multi-national joint effort to defend Europe from aggression in the region. A significant part of the...
Marshfield Clinic Health System: Recognizes Outstanding Partners in Community Health
MARSHFIELD – Marshfield Clinic Health System announced the recipients of its 2023 Outstanding Partner in Community Health Awards. These organizations and individuals have a history of working closely with the System’s Community Impact and Social Accountability division to address the most pressing community health needs throughout the System’s service area.
“Without the direct involvement...
UWHealth: UW study: Kidney transplant outcomes improve significantly over last half-century
MADISON, Wis. – Kidney transplant patients are living longer and transplanted kidneys are lasting longer thanks to advances in patient care, improved immunosuppression strategies and organ preservation techniques, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the UW Health Transplant Center.
In a...
