WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, issued the following news release: Two Ascension Wisconsin clinicians received Wisconsin's First Congressional District Health Care Worker of the Year Award on September 3, 2024. They were recognized by Congressman Brayn Steil as heroes who have gone above and beyond to help our community and their patients. Rachel, Cortez, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P, was chosen for creating and leading a 24/7 Mobile Sexual Assault Treatment  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 -- 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, issued the following news: FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is a religious studies scholar who is illuminating the role of charismatic Christians in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Our "Theocrat of the Week" is a Christian nationalist who is part of a coalitio  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 -- 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, issued the following news: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer needs to put the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (SCERT) up for a vote in light of another disclosure about Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, the FFRF Action Fund is u  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news: As Labor Day approaches, Wisconsinites should be aware that Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed to ban Right to Work nationwide. Harris said: "Banning Right to Work laws. That needs to happen." She officially supports legislation to ban Right to Work, as does Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D). Details below. Currently, Wisconsin law protects Right to Work: No person may require, as a condition of obtaini  more

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, Sept. 5 -- The Experimental Aircraft Association issued the following news release: EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin -- (September 5, 2024) -- Youth who fly as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program will have access to an improved benefit, as longtime partner Sporty's has made several updates to its Learn to Fly course. The course utilizes real-world-video and 3D animations to teach the basics of flight and is available to all Young Eagle  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's first round of awards under its Empowering Rural America Program. The first obligations from the $9.7 billion "New ERA" program were announced by President Joe Biden in Wisconsin today. "Electric cooperatives are leaders that work to embrace l  more