Thursday - December 26, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Wednesday November 27, 2024 ( 8 items )  

America First Legal Releases Second Tranche of Cook County Sheriff's Documents Exposing the Growing Danger Criminal Illegal Aliens and the Politicians Protecting Them Pose to U.S. Citizens in "Sanctuary City" Chicago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Today, America First Legal (AFL) released a second tranche of documents from the Illinois Cook County Sheriff's Office exposing the growing threat that criminal illegal aliens, including the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) and the politicians who protect them, pose to American citizens in the "sanctuary city" of Chicago. After conflicting reports on TdA's activ  more

Binghamton University: How Can Similar News Stories Influence Financial Markets? Here's What Investors Need to Know
BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * New study co-authored by Binghamton University School of Management's Flora Sun explores impact of common media companies publishing similar business content in different news outlets * * * By Anthony Borrelli Have you ever noticed a swath of similar business news stories about a particular topic during a Google search, all of them appearing to be reported by different news outlets? Why might a  more

Don Schutt named UW ombuds
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Provost Charles Isbell has announced the appointment of Don Schutt as a UW-Madison ombuds. Schutt will serve a three-year term, beginning Dec. 1. Don Schutt served for more than 23 years in the Office of Human Resources at UW-Madison starting as director of human resource development and retiring as senior director for talent development. His experience included establishing innovative service  more

EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship Program Reaches 600 Pilots
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, Nov. 27 -- The Experimental Aircraft Association issued the following news release: EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin -- (November 26, 2024) -- The EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship program continues to make a difference for young people pursuing aviation dreams, as 600 scholarship recipients have completed flight training and earned their pilot certificates. The scholarship program is funded by the Ray Foundation, managed by EAA, and administered through the EAA Chapter n  more

Medical College of Wisconsin Under Scrutiny for Use of Live Animals in Surgery Training
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 [Category: Health Care] -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: MILWAUKEE A national medical ethics group representing more than 17,000 doctors is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the Medical College of Wisconsin for using live animals to train surgeons. The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine points out in a complaint filed today that nearly 80% of surgery programs across the United   more

New tool makes quick health, environmental monitoring possible
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A small molecule of the naltrexone, an opioid mimic, nestles neatly into a cavity called a binding site of a protein selected for just that purpose by UW-Madison researchers using a new quick and inexpensive way to create test kits for drugs, environmental toxins and other substances. by Raman Lab/UW-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists have developed a new, efficient method that  more

Research to treat placenta could improve human pregnancies
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A gene therapy approach to boosting the placenta is safe in monkeys, according to a new, short-term study, bringing the potential treatment closer to improving birthweights of human babies and sparing them the complications of an early birth and developmental difficulties later in life. In humans, placental insufficiency restricts the growth of developing fetuses and typically leads to prematur  more

UW-Madison's Indigenous community centers Native November around love
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: This year's Native November theme, "Love is...", celebrated the ways Indigenous people show love for their culture. From food to the arts to stories passed on from generations, love is deeply rooted in the Indigenous community. Programming efforts, held throughout the month of November, were led by UW-Madison's Indigenous Student Center and members of the Indigenous Student Center Coalition. T  more