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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for 2026-08-28 ( 5 items )  
Sens. Booker, Baldwin Issue Letter to FTC Commissioner Ferguson (1)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following letter with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, to Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 25, 2026 Andrew Ferguson Commissioner Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 Dear Mr. Ferguson: We write to express serious concern regarding the announcement from Sysco, the nation's most dominant restaurant supply distributor, of its intention to acquire its competitor Jetro Re more PR

Gift creates visionary program in the UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics (3)
WAUSAU, Wisconsin, Aug. 27 -- The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point posted the following news release: * * * Gift creates visionary program in the UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics * A major gift from the McPartland Family Foundation will drive the creation of a Future Leaders Program through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics. The McPartland Family Foundation will support a new, highly experiential program beginning this fall for a select group of Sentry School stud more PR

Lakeshore School of Innovation Moves to UW-Green Bay Manitowoc Campus (3)
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, Aug. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Green Bay campus issued the following news release: * * * Lakeshore School of Innovation Moves to UW-Green Bay Manitowoc Campus Manitowoc, Wis.-- This fall, 83 high school students will walk into a college building and call it their new home. The Manitowoc Public School District's Lakeshore School of Innovation (LSI) is relocating to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus beginning in the 2026-27 school year. LSI builds upon the foundation of McKinley Academy, Ma more PR

Wis. Natural Resources Dept. Anticipates Increase For 2026 Wild Rice Harvest (3)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 28 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * DNR Anticipates Increase For 2026 Wild Rice Harvest The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today announced that the wild crop is showing improvements in production in 2026 compared to the last few years of low production. Spring began with heavy rainfall across northern Wisconsin in April, followed by a pattern of drought through the summer. This created relatively stable conditions for wild rice thro more PR

Foremost Farms Teamsters Authorize Strike (4)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Foremost Farms Teamsters Authorize Strike * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (REEDSBURG, Wis.) - Members of Teamsters Local 120 at Foremost Farms in Reedsburg, Wis., have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The group of 40 workers is fighting for a fair contract while the company fails to address chronic staffing problems, lagging wages, and retirement s more PR