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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday April 13, 2024 ( 3 items )  

A Better Wisconsin Together Issues Commentary: New Biden-Harris Plan to Lower Student Loan Debt is A Win All Wisconsinites Can Celebrate
MONONA, Wisconsin, April 13 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following commentary on April 12, 2024: * * * New Biden-Harris Plan to Lower Student Loan Debt Is a Win All Wisconsinites Can Celebrate In President Joe Biden's visit to Madison this week, he unveiled a fiscally responsible plan to lower student loan debt for thousands of Wisconsinites across all ages, backgrounds, and workforce sectors. In his speech, Presid  more

PETA Urges Inspector General to Investigate Botched NIH-Funded Animal Experiments in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 13 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: PETA is calling for an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General now that the federal agency charged with policing animal experimentation facilities has failed to adequately address a string of alarming animal welfare violations--including the deaths of mice in laboratories at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), vi  more

State Bar Board Approves FY 2025 Budget, Takes Other Actions
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 13 (TNSres) -- The State Bar of Wisconsin issued the following news: The State Bar of Wisconsin's 52-member Board of Governors approved the fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025) budget at its meeting on Friday, April 12. Paul Marshall, the State Bar's chief financial officer, said that the initial submission of the FY 2025 budget revealed that the State Bar faced a budget gap of about $760,000 (operational revenue minus operational expenses). Before taking  more