MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 12 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Marquette University's College of Business Administration is launching a new Certified Professional Banking Program with a vision to further professionalize the banking industry and grow the pipeline of bankers. Beginning with a pilot, the new program is expected to begin in late 2024 and will offer a common body of knowledge to all bankers, including curriculum that emphasizes accounting, finance, econom  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 12 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will hold a virtual hearing on a proposed rule that would provide local education agencies additional flexibility to better meet their communities' needs in commencing a school term prior to Sept. 1. Clearinghouse Rule 24-026 expands the types of extraordinary reasons for the DPI to grant exemptions to the existing rule. This includes   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 12 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Today, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Joe Oslund released the following statement in response to Donald Trump saying "there is a lot you can do... in terms of cutting" Social Security and Medicare: "After trying to gut the programs for years, Donald Trump promised again today that he would try to cut Social Security and Medicare for the more than one mi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 12 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Julie Laundrie has a lengthy and deep understanding of Wisconsin's open records law. The former public records custodian at the Madison Police Department, Laundrie joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Office of Compliance in December to lead the university's public records unit. At MPD, she led a team that handled a high volume of requests from media and citizens seeking investigative   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 12 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today released the following statement in response to action taken by the Joint Committee on Finance today in relation to a list of recommended early literacy curricula that would be eligible for partial reimbursement through the state through 2023 Wisconsin Act 20. "Act 20 is about doing what is best for kids through evidence  more