MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Due to its use in energy storage --think electric car batteries! -- lithium is crucial for a carbon-free, sustainable future. But lithium resources are not easy to find. Joy Youngblood, a 2024 student of the Summer Program in Applied Research (SPAR), is set to present her innovative research on lithium mineral occurrences in northern Wisconsin at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following radio address on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Gov. Tony Evers today delivered his weekly radio address welcoming students, parents, families, educators, and school staff across Wisconsin back to school. This week, the governor began a statewide back-to-school tour, visiting schools and meeting with students, families, educators, and staff as they begin the 2024-25 school year. Gov. Evers has spent most of his life in ed  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Program funded by governor in 2023-25 biennial budget expands access to driver training for more teens across the state * * * Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced the launch of Wisconsin's new Driver Education Grant Program. The program, funded by the 2023-25 biennial budget signed into law by Gov. Evers, aims t  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Husch Blackwell appellate team earned a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (Group Health Cooperative) in a matter that was originally filed as a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiff alleged violations of the federal and Wisconsin Mental Health Parity   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Wisconsin Partnership Program advances health and shapes the School of Medicine and Public Health * * * By Mary Ellen Gabriel The University of Wisconsin's medical school would not be the UW School of Medicine and Public Health without the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP), a grantmaking program celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Historically, WPP was  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Local groups can apply for grants to support small business development and creation. * * * Organizations looking to develop innovative programs aimed at supporting small businesses can apply now for a Small Business Development Grant (SBDG) from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Grant amounts will vary but will range from $50,000 to $250,000. The co  more