MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * $27M WARF investment fuels UW-Madison's next frontiers in research * The gift aims to accelerate four high-impact research initiatives at the university: quantum technologies, brain health, fusion energy and national security. By Natasha Kassulke August 24, 2026 Share this article #Share * Facebook * X (Twitter) * LinkedIn * Email A $27 million investment from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) will accelerate four high- more PR

MONONA, Wisconsin, Aug. 26 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * Meet the Anti-Abortion Extremists Topping the GOP Statewide Ticket in Wisconsin The possibility of a new trifecta at the state Capitol has been dominating recent headlines in Wisconsin. But there's a different kind of trifecta brewing at the top of the GOP ticket. - The possibility of a new trifecta at the state Capitol has been dominating recent headlines in Wisconsin. But ther more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Blocks Trump Administration's Unlawful Demand of CDL Drivers' Personal Information * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 attorneys general secured a temporary restraining order (PDF) that blocks the Trump administration from demanding the production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million drivers and from terminating more than $10 mil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- American University issued the following news: * * * AUWCL Welcomes New Faculty By Brice Helms A remarkable group of distinguished scholars and practitioners brings their expertise to inspire and empower the next generation of legal professionals. * Danielle Burs Director, Community Economic and Equity Development Clinic Danielle Burs returns to AUWCL, where she earned her J.D., to lead the Community Economic and Equity Development Clinic. She joins from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she served a more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing President Trump's Second Elections-Related Executive Order to Be Implemented * OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision granting the Trump Administration's emergency request to stay an injunction that blocked key provisi more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Bismarck Stroke & TBI Support Group offers connection * BISMARCK, N.D. - Sanford Bismarck invites stroke survivors, traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors, caregivers and support persons to attend the Stroke & TBI Support Group, a free monthly gathering designed to provide encouragement, education and connection close to home. The ongoing support group meets on the second Monday of each month and offers a safe, welcoming en more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Joins Call for Resignation of Wisconsin Mayor Over Anti-Muslim, Racist Posts The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined calls for the resignation of New Berlin, Wisconsin, Mayor Dave Ament following reports that he shared a series of anti-Muslim, racist and sexist posts on his personal Facebook page. CAIR also called on Mayor Ament to take respo more PR

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, Aug. 24 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * Chippewa Valley Technical College, UW-Eau Claire create seamless transfer for students to become teachers * But it wasn't seamless. The courses didn't necessarily count toward a teaching degree, causing students to take additional credits and potentially extending the time and cost needed to get them to their goal. A new transfer agreement between the two schools is designed to make that journey much clearer for aspiring educato more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 26 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following Insight on Aug. 25, 2026: * * * The Rise of Democratic Socialism: What Employers Need to Know Heading into Election Season and Beyond A growing wave of democratic socialist candidates and elected officials across the country could lead to changes in the workplace, impacting issues from healthcare to labor unions to wage and hour law. New York City and Seattle already have mayors implementing democratic socialist policies, and a series of primary election results  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 26 -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Evers, DHS Release Statewide Injury and Violence Prevention Strategic Plan Outlines five priority areas for public health agencies and partners to reduce injury and violence - Gov. Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) launched a statewide Injury and Violence Prevention Strategic Plan today, outlining five areas for reducing injuries, experiences of violence, and violent deaths in Wisconsin. The pla more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Greets Troops at Stratcom, Talks Arsenal of Freedom in Wisconsin * Reestablishing the warrior ethos, rebuilding America's military and reestablishing deterrence are the big three goals Secretary of War Pete Hegseth set upon taking the helm at the Pentagon in 2025. Today at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, the secretary told military personnel assigned to U.S. Strategic Command that they are the center of America's deterrent capability. The command se more PR

MANKATO, Minnesota, Aug. 25 [Category: Agriculture] -- The U.S. Identity Preserved Alliance posted the following news release: * * * IP Crop Network: August 25 report * The soybean crop condition in the Upper Midwest is variable. There are large areas of drought and areas where the soybean crop may be quite good. In the drought areas, yields will be depressed, and any precipitation will go toward filling the pods that are already formed. With a forecast of warm, dry conditions continuing over the next 10-14 days, and harvest may begin soone more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following revenue ruling (No. 2026-14) on Aug. 24, 2026, entitled "Section 2032A.--Valuation of Certain Farm, Etc., Real Property". * * * This revenue ruling contains a list of the average annual effective interest rates on new loans under the Farm Credit System. This revenue ruling also contains a list of the states within each Farm Credit System Bank Territory. Under Sec. 2032A(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, rates on new Farm Credit System Bank loans are used in com more PR

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wisconsin, Aug. 26 [Category: BizConsumer Services] -- Kohl's, a department store retail company, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2026: * * * Kohl's Names Arianne Parisi Chief Customer Officer Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) today announced that Arianne Parisi has been named Kohl's Chief Customer Officer, reporting to CEO Michael J. Bender. In this newly created role, Parisi will be responsible for enhancing the omnichannel customer experience across marketing, brand and creative, loyalty, personalization, media, and digita more PR

CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, Aug. 25 -- Lakeshore College posted the following news release: * * * Lakeland University Expands Partnership, Opens Presence at Lakeshore College * Lakeland University will celebrate the opening of its new presence at Lakeshore College with a community open house on Thursday, Sept. 10, further strengthening a longstanding partnership that has helped students seamlessly continue their education while supporting workforce needs across eastern Wisconsin. The open house will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lakeshore Col more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: * * * Maine and Mississippi License State Based Systems * Maine and Mississippi are the latest states to license the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) State Based Systems (SBS), an electronic system designed to revolutionize the efficiency and effectiveness of insurance regulatory processes. With its broad array of services, SBS stands as a comprehensive solution th more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 25 -- Mercer University posted the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2026 * #Stetson-Hatcher School of Business Astrid Loretta Ayala, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and finance, presented the article "Score-driven Markov-switching models of scale and shape parameters: an application to the Indian stock market" at the International Conference on Empirical Economics at Penn State Altoona held on Aug. 1. The article is co-authored with Szabolcs Blazsek, Ph.D., professor of economics,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * New Billboard Thanks Congress for Helping 18 Million Cancer Survivors Celebrate America's 250th * MADISON, Wis. - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has placed a billboard in Madison to thank Congress for demonstrating a strong commitment to cancer prevention and cures. The billboard reads, "18M cancer survivors are here for America's 250th because of you. Thank you Congress for figh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * New Model Legislation Cracks Down on Big Real Estate's Private Listings * Washington, D.C. -Economic Liberties today released new model legislation that would ensure that real estate listings are openly viewable to the public for both home purchases and rentals and that homebuyers do not have to commit to a particular brokerage or agent just to view listings. "Private listings are an unfair and confusing disrupti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Waterford, intends to repatriate 187 cultural items to the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, both of Oklahoma and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The items include 50 unassociated funerary objects and 137 sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony. The funerary objects include wampum, pendants, gorgets, celts, adzes, ceramic more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Republican Attorneys General Association issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2026: * * * RAGA Launches Initial $7 Million Blitz Across 13 States The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) today announced nearly $7 million in August political spending across 13 states, launching an aggressive early offensive barrage to defend Republican attorneys general and flip Democrat-held offices across the country. The initial spending is phase one of RAGA's fall campaign and begins immediatel more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Badger Institute issued 'Wisconsin Childcare Subsidies, Regulations Fail for Families,' by Angela Rachidi, senior fellow and Rowe Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Issued Aug. 20, the report argues that Wisconsin should reduce regulatory barriers for childcare providers and replace provider-focused aid with more flexible, family-directed assistance. Rachidi writes that dependable and affordable childcare remains important for working families, but contends that expanding subsidies to providers o more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Park Rapids Clinic to host screening events Sept. 9 * Blood Screening The Park Rapids Rotary Club and Sanford Health will host the blood screening event from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The simple blood test can provide information about several measures of health and may help identify results that should be discussed with a primary care provider. This year an additional hemoglobin A1-C test has been added. The cost is more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 24 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, posted the following news from its agriculture program: * * * She studied why people trust, now comes the test * Karissa Palmer '23 '26 did not grow up on a farm, but she grew up on farm stories. Chief among them: her grandmother's account of the family dairy in Wisconsin, one of the first in the area to install automatic milking equipment. Decades later, as a doctoral student in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Palm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Teamsters at Cass-Clay Creamery Ratify Contract * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (FARGO, N.D.) - Over 100 members of Teamsters Local 120 at Cass-Clay Creamery have overwhelmingly ratified a strong contract that delivers fair wages, improved health care, a pension, and other workplace protections. Cass-Clay Creamery's Fargo facility is part of Dairy Farmers of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 [Category: BizMedia] -- Atlantic Media, a print and online media company, issued the following news release: * * * The Atlantic announces Jessica Goldstein as SVP of events * The Atlantic has hired Jessica Goldstein as senior vice president of events, who will work in partnership with managing director for events Evan Smith to lead and produce the magazine's robust live programs nationwide. She begins with The Atlantic in early September. Jessica has spent her career telling stories through reporting and creating live e more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * TOUR: Baldwin Launches "Ending Chaos, Lowering Costs" Statewide Tour * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is launching the "Ending Chaos, Lowering Costs" statewide tour to meet with Wisconsin families and small businesses and highlight how she is fighting to end the high costs and hardship that Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have created. Ahead of the statewide tour, Baldwin is releasing a brand-new more PR

WAUSAU, Wisconsin, Aug. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point posted the following news release: * * * UWSP at Marshfield to host special presentation commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 * Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield and McMillan Memorial Library will host a special presentation to commemorate its anniversary. "September 11: One Man's Story, 25 Years Later," will be screened from 1-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the following locations: * UWSP at Marshfield Ever more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing President Trump's Second Elections-Related Executive Order to Be Implemented Joining a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, Attorney General Jones responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision granting the Trump Administration's emergency request to stay an injunction that blocked key provisions of President Trump's second elections- more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 26 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Piping Plovers Observed Nesting On Wisconsin Point For The First Time In 49 Years The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces that a pair of piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), migratory shorebirds that are endangered in the Great Lakes region, was observed nesting this summer on Wisconsin Point in Superior for the first time in 49 years. The St. Louis River estuary historically supported breeding populatio more PR