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

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 2 -- 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 presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, who recently pledged not to include "religious exemptions" in a national abortion law that would reinstate abortion rights across the nati  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- 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: The Florida state government's actions to defeat an abortion rights referendum shows what theocracy looks like: a government marshaling its powerful resources for religious purposes. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Christian nationalist and devout   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 2 -- 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: Donald Trump's bigotry-filled Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend included FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week," one of the most famous professional wrestlers worldwide. On Sunday, Terry Gene Bollea, better known as Hulk H  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation has issued a formal request to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel urging strict enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, a key legal provision that prohibits tax-exempt organizations, including churches and other religious entities, from engaging in partisan political activity. FFRF is asking the IRS to take proactive steps to investigate and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * Conversations at the Universities of Wisconsin in Madison and Milwaukee were Co-Hosted by the McCain Institute in Partnership with the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership and the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship & Civil Dialogue * * * The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) held events in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisc., this week featuring young democracy activists fr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: In the last days before the November 5 election, People For the American Way Foundation's nonpartisan Defend the Black Vote campaign is making its final push to reach 3.5. million Black men, via direct peer-to-peer text messages, for voter turnout in 21 states -- Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mis  more

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

PLOVER, Wisconsin, Nov. 2 -- The Women In Trucking Association issued the following news release: ARLINGTON, Va. - November 1, 2024 - The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) is preparing for its 10th annual Accelerate! Conference & Expo, which will take place at the Hilton Anatole Nov. 10-13. WIT expects to attract approximately 2,000 people to this unique conference which supports WIT's mission to encourage the employment of women in the transportation industry, eliminate barriers they face, a  more