MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced new record- high employment during December 2024, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This total, 3,076,500 employed, is the eighth consecutive monthly record for state employment. Preliminary employment estimates for December 2024 showed Wisc more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 23 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: * * * New unified HIB policy to start Feb. 3 UW-Madison's new, unified Hostile & Intimidating Behavior Policy will go into effect on Monday, Feb. 3. In 2023, at the direction of UW-Madison's executive leadership, work began to consolidate three separate HIB policies (for faculty, academic staff, university staff) into a unified, institutional-level policy. Under the unified policy, employees more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 -- Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation and information company, issued the following news release: New Zealand-based Miraka, the world's first dairy processor to get its power from renewable geothermal energy, has chosen Plex, by Rockwell Automation, to become even more efficient and sustainable. The company will use Plex to integrate its enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. ERP is a software system that helps organizations streamline and automate more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 18 states filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl "PFAS" forever chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act. "This EPA rule will protect people's more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2025: The Department of Employee Trust Funds published its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report as of and for the year ending December 31, 2023. This report provides information about the Wisconsin Retirement System and other benefit programs administered by ETF, including the related financial statements and an unmodified, or "clean," audit opinion. The WRS continue more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 -- The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Last night, Governor Tony Evers reiterated his commitment to health care access for all during his annual State of the State address. Insurance Commissioner Nathan Houdek shares the following statement of support. "Health care access is critical to the wellbeing of our communities, but the rising cost of prescription drugs continues to be a barrier for Wiscon more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 -- The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: TOWN OF LAFAYETTE, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting an officer involved death investigation in the Town of Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Saturday, December 21, 2024. At approximately 11:31 pm, Chippewa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a domestic abuse inciden more PR