Sunday - November 24, 2024
State Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday November 02, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Alliant Energy Highlights Progress in New Corporate Responsibility Report
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Alliant Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * Report tracks steps toward voluntary goals and 2023 achievements * * * Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) published its latest Corporate Responsibility Report (https://www.alliantenergy.com/cleanenergy/ourenergyvision/responsibilityreport?utm_content=responsibility-report&utm_campaign=2024&utm_source=news-center&utm_medium=news-release&publish_date=10-31-2024&utm_term=alliant  more

Carthage Secures $1.32 Million Grant to Expand Nursing Labs
KENOSHA, Wisconsin, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Carthage College issued the following news: Carthage has received a $1.32 million grant from the Wisconsin State Building Commission to support the College's growing nursing program. The grant will allow Carthage to expand its nursing labs and simulation facilities to accommodate more Bachelor of Science in Nursing students. Since the program began in Fall 2015, the nursing major has grown to enroll 361 students. "The Carthage Nursing Department has a d  more

Gov. Evers Celebrates Community Health Center Groundbreaking in Racine
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * New King Center received $20 million through governor's Healthcare Infrastructure Capital Grant Program to expand access to healthcare statewide * * * RACINE -- Gov. Tony Evers today visited Racine to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and Health Center (King Center) in the Lincoln-King neighborhood. Photos of today's groundbre  more

Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address Encouraging Wisconsinites to Get Enrolled in Healthcare Coverage During Open Enrollment Period
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following radio address on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * Wisconsinites statewide can sign up for affordable, high-quality health insurance from Nov. 1, 2024, to Jan. 15, 2025 Thanks to efforts of the Biden-Harris Administration the average person who qualified saved more than $570 on their monthly premiums last year * * * Gov. Tony Evers today delivered his weekly radio address encouraging Wisconsinites to get enrolled in healthc  more

Gov. Evers, OCI Announce Wisconsin Among 14 States to Receive Federal Funding to Support Access to Reproductive and Maternal Healthcare Under Affordable Care Act
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Initiative to ensure compliance with key provision in the Affordable Care Act requiring most insurance plans to cover contraception at no out-of-pocket cost * * * Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) Commissioner Nathan Houdek, today announced Wisconsin has been awarded nearly $500,000 in federal funding to evaluate, support,   more

National Republican Congressional Committee: Rebecca Cooke Caught Deceiving Wisconsin Voters
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Liberal political activist Rebecca Cooke was caught deceiving two Wisconsin voters and falsely claiming they support her. The Derrick Van Orden supporter immediately condemned Cooke for her desperate scam. "Throughout Rebecca Cooke's entire campaign, she has been lying to Wisconsin voters about her career as a liberal political operate, and now she's lying about her support. In reality, Cooke coul  more

The changing 'history' of a global ice sheet
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing spilling down the side of a cake. That was the situation, somewhere between 19,000 and 26,000 years ago. The ice sheet covered land all the way south to modern-day Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It's fascinating to picture, but the critical aspect to us today is what happened t  more

Wis. State Superintendent Proposes Universal School Meals, Youth Mental Health, Education Workforce, Early Literacy Investments
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 2 -- Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * Dr. Jill Underly's upcoming biennial budget request meets growing needs of Wisconsin students, educators, schools * * * Providing healthy meals for all Wisconsin students at no cost to families, expanding access to critical youth mental health services, investing in programs and strategies to recruit, retain and develop teachers, and supporting school districts i  more