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News Tipoffs - Wisconsin Editors Newsletter for 2026-02-10 ( 17 items )  
ABA House of Delegates Adopts Nearly 30 Policies on Wide-Ranging Legal Issues (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- The American Bar Association issued the following news: * * * ABA House of Delegates adopts nearly 30 policies on wide-ranging legal issues The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted almost 30 policy matters on a wide variety of issues including judicial independence and safety, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, the independence of the Department of Justice, Medicaid funding, immigration law enforcement, and the use of National Guard and military forc more PR

Acting A.G. Davenport Secures Settlement With Trump Administration That Will Protect $1 Billion in Education Funding for New Jersey (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Acting AG Davenport Secures Settlement with Trump Administration That Will Protect $1 Billion in Education Funding for New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced today that a coalition of 19 attorneys general has secured an agreement with the Trump Administration that will prevent the federal government from unlawfully withholding  more PR

AG Nessel Secures Agreement with Trump Administration to Protect Millions in Education Funding (10)
LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Agreement with Trump Administration to Protect Millions in Education Funding * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in securing an agreement (PDF) with the Trump administration to prevent it from withholding federal funding from state and local education agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and polic more PR

American Center for Law and Justice: Fetterman Makes Shocking Election Shift (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * Fetterman Makes Shocking Election Shift By Logan Sekulow Sen. John Fetterman (PA) has stirred controversy within his party by saying that requiring voter ID is not "unreasonable," pointing to states like Wisconsin that already enforce similar laws. "It's not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote," Fetterman said, while rejecting comparisons between voter ID requirements and  more PR

CFTC Targets Relationship Investment Scams with National and International Initiatives this Valentine's Week (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release: * * * CFTC Targets Relationship Investment Scams with National and International Initiatives this Valentine's Week * WASHINGTON -As Valentine's Day approaches, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Office of Customer Education and Outreach is leading national and international awareness efforts to warn the public about relationship investment scams, a form of fraud that costs Americans an e more PR

Cole, Davids Introduce Legislation to Investigate History of Indian Boarding Schools (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Cole, Davids Introduce Legislation to Investigate History of Indian Boarding Schools * | CONTACT : Olivia Porcaro (link sends email) Washington, D.C. - Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK-04) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), reintroduced H.R. 7325, (link is external) the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 202 more PR

Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of February 9, 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of February 9, 2026 * Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, February 10, the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing called "The Science of Reading." On Wednesday, February 11, the Subcommittee on Homelan more PR

CUNY: Collection Confronts the Rise of Book Bans in the U.S. (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * New Collection Confronts the Rise of Book Bans in the U.S. Alumnus Samuel Cohen gathers leading voices in "Banning Books in America," a new collection of essays. * Book bans are surging across the U.S., and a new collection of essays pushes back. Samuel Cohen (Ph.D. '03, English), a professor of English at the University of Missouri, is the editor of Banning Books in America: Not a How-To, more PR

FFRF Action Fund: Kill Arizona Bill Inviting Unconstitutional School Board Prayer (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 10 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Kill Ariz. bill inviting unconstitutional school board prayer The FFRF Action Fund cautions that a new legislative attempt in Arizona to insert religion into public school boards would blatantly sidestep constitutional law and o more PR

FHLBank Chicago Appoints Kahya Fox to Community Investment Advisory Council (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * FHLBank Chicago Appoints Kahya Fox to Community Investment Advisory Council The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kahya Fox, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of the Greater La Crosse Region, to its Community Investment Advisory Council (Advisory Council) for a three-year more PR

Sanford Center for Screening moves to east Sioux Falls (10)
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Center for Screening moves to east Sioux Falls * SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -The Sanford Center for Screening is moving from its previous location inside the Sanford Heart Hospital to the Sanford Madison & Veterans Parkway Clinic, located at 5920 E. Madison St. in east Sioux Falls. The Center offers preventive screenings for heart and vascular health. "This move provides more more PR

Senators Marshall, Gillibrand, & Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Maternal & Infant Health (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Gillibrand, & Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Maternal & Infant Health * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Healthy Start program, a critical federal initiative that supports community-based efforts to improve maternal more PR

Soldier-Olympian to Compete for First U.S. Biathlon Medal (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Soldier-Olympian to Compete for First U.S. Biathlon Medal * Tears pooled in Army Staff Sgt. Deedra Irwin's eyes as she stood at the starting line of the National Biathlon Centre in the Zhangjiakou cluster, a mountainous stretch of land three hours northwest of Beijing. As the soldier breathed in the piercing cold, she reflected on the journey that brought her to her first Olympic Games in 2022. "I definitel more PR

State University System of Florida Chancellor Rodrigues Testifies Before House Education & Workforce Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following written testimony by Raymond Rodrigues, chancellor of the State University System of Florida, from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts": * * * In October 2025, the Pew Research Center surveyed Americans regarding their thoughts on higher education. Respondents were asked to gauge whether Americans t more PR

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine: Cell Therapy for Sjogren's Disease Earns FDA Fast Track Designation (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 10 -- The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Cell therapy for Sjogren's disease earns FDA Fast Track designation A therapy currently being tested in a clinical trial at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to treat a common symptom of Sjogren's disease recently got a boost from the Food and Drug Administration. The novel experimental cell therapy, designed to treat xerostomia, the  more PR

Wis. DNR Awards 2026 Surface Water Grants (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 10 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * DNR Awards 2026 Surface Water Grants The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced approximately $6 million in grant funding to lake organizations, nonprofit organizations and municipal and county governments throughout Wisconsin. This grant program provides cost-sharing for projects that restore and protect surface water. Surface water is  more PR

Working Group Members Appointed to the Global Workforce Development in Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine Initiative (10)
EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- The International Society for Stem Cell Research issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Working Group Members Appointed to the Global Workforce Development in Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine Initiative The Effort Is a Collaboration Between the International Society for Stem Cell Research and Canada's Stem Cell Network * The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and the Stem Cell Network (SCN) today announced the ap more PR