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MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced the award of more than $473,000 in Technical Education Equipment Grants to 14 school districts. Funded through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program, the grants will help school districts expand their advanced manufacturing education programs and connect more than 2,200 students to high-wage, high-demand, and...

Green Bay, Wis.— Nearly one hundred students and teachers from participating Northeastern Wisconsin high schools will spend the day on the UW-Green Bay campus on Thursday, March 16, for the 16th annual Watershed Symposium. The symposium brings together the high schoolers and UW-Green Bay faculty researchers who partner on monitoring the health of the...

Green Bay, Wis. – In recognition of Women’s History Month and Equal Pay Day on March 14, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Deputy Secretary Patti Epstein, and Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Administrator Michele Carter, held a roundtable discussion with Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) Northeast Regional Director Colleen...

STEVENS POINT – Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) members gathered in Stevens Point March 10-12 for the family farm organization’s annual Emerging Leaders Retreat. The event offers an introduction to Farmers Union and the chance to network with other members from throughout the state. “This is always one of the best weekends of the year,...

MADISON, WI (March 15, 2023) — Federal funding and policies have a dramatic impact on programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) is hosting a special UW-Madison Day in Washington, DC. Alumni and friends of the university will meet with members of Congress and hear from campus leaders. “Federal funding...

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Tony Gamble, associate professor of biological sciences in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received almost $1.1 million in R01 grant funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Institute to expand genome editing tools and processes in lizards which could facilitate comparisons of gene function among other species, including...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates of unemployment and employment statistics for Wisconsin metropolitan areas, major cities and counties in Wisconsin for January 2023. In brief, the nonseasonally adjusted data for Wisconsin shows: Metropolitan Statistical Areas: Preliminary...

MIDDLETON, Wis. – March 15, 2023 – One of the country’s premier financial news publications has named Matthew Heckmann, Middleton, Wisconsin-based Northwestern Mutual-affiliated advisor, to its list of the nation’s top wealth professionals. Heckmann joined Northwestern Mutual in 1995 and has since founded Heckmann Financial, a wealth management team that regularly achieves the highest honors across the...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) invites the public to review and comment on the agency’s updates to the cultural resources policy. The programmatic agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sets the framework for cultural resource management near state transportation project sites. WisDOT’s cultural resources team works with federal, state and local agencies,...

MADISON— The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is pleased to announce Breaking the News: Understanding Media Bias, hosted by UWM at Waukesha’s Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Media bias has been ever growing and can lead to manipulation and mistrust of news sources. Join Greta Van Susteren,...

Madison, WI – For their final production of the 2022-23 season, Forward Theater Company will present the world premiere of Artemisia by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray. Performances are in the Playhouse at Overture Center for the Arts, April 13-30. Lauren Gunderson is one of the most-produced playwrights in America since 2015, and Forward audiences...

MILWAUKEE, MARCH 15, 2023 — The Alzheimer’s Association 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report highlights prevalence, caregiver burden and direct care workforce shortages. The new report released today shows there were an estimated 191,000 dementia family caregivers across Wisconsin caring for more than 120,000 on a journey with dementia. “The new Facts and...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) announces today that a portion of the school safety grant funds, totaling $1,528,341.03, will be allocated to address the unmet need for digital mapping of school buildings. These funds are from the $100 million allocated in 2017 Wisconsin Act 143. “Our...