MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Gov. Tony Evers today announced that last week he completed his annual visit to each of Wisconsin's 72 counties in 2024, completing his fifth annual 72-county tour since taking office in 2019. Gov. Evers has visited all 72 Wisconsin counties in a year at least five times since becoming governor, including in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and now 2024, as well as several counties in 2020 b  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 19 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: An aerial look at the Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center. Photo: Jeff Miller While being a college student can often feel challenging, there are perks to campus life. Prime examples are the many free offerings from Recreation and Wellbeing (Rec Well), on topics ranging from cooking to self-defense. Sophomore Katherine Wahr had a fun, active experience with the climbing wall and yoga classe  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 19 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * A record 17,089 apprentices to participate in state program to 'earn while they learn,' third consecutive year of record-high number of registered apprentices * * * Gov. Tony Evers today, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today celebrated "National Apprenticeship Week" by announcing that Wisconsin's Registered Apprenti  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 19 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: An interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research initiative led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the first program in the world to comprehensively investigate how pulsed microwaves might injure the brain. PANTHER, which focuses on understanding, detecting and preventing traumatic brain injuries, received $10 million in additional funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 19 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Advisor Jonathan Ferguson meets with student Michael Rossing at the Career Exploration Center (CEC) inside Ingraham Hall. The CEC advisors help students explore majors and careers through a variety of ways including workshops and one-on-one advising sessions. Photo: Bryce Richter When Zoey Ci Kue arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she was "very headstrong" in pursuing medical schoo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors can exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "People shouldn't have to be annoyed by robocall after robocall," said Attorney Genera  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced a settlement with Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. (Roundy's) resolving 1,202 alleged short weight package violations and 90 alleged package labeling violations. Under the settlement, Roundy's does not admit any violations but will pay $1,003,590.50 in ci  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today published school and district accountability report cards for the 2023-24 school year. The DPI publishes school and district report cards annually, as required by Wis. Stat. 115.385. Report cards include data for multiple school years across four priority areas: Achievement, Growth, Target Group Outcomes, and On-T  more