WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSFR) -- 1EdTech Consortium Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, has formally notified the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division about recent shifts in its membership. This filing extends the provisions of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 which limits the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circumstances. The consortium has added several new members. These include Aurora Public Schools of Aurora, Colorado; Unive  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Trump Admin Stop Withholding Funding for Labs that Protect Food Supply to Prevent Disease Spread and Price Hikes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is leading her colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration release withheld funding for labs that are dedicated to early detection, response, and control of animal diseases and outbreaks. If these labs do   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the heels of a heat advisory issued this week and extreme heat conditions rising across Wisconsin, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined her colleagues in introducing the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act, legislation to protect the safety and health of workers who   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Evers, Moore, and Pocan Release Joint Statement on SNAP Cuts and UW Layoffs from Republican Budget Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Governor Tony Evers, and Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) and Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) released the following statement after the University of Wisconsin (UW) announced they were forced to lay off 91 staff members who imple  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP Field Ops denies entry of cherry chomping fruit fly at Detroit Metro Airport * ROMULUS, Mich. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted fresh cherries infested with European cherry fruit fly at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, June 19. The exotic pest was discovered during a secondary inspection of a 5-pound bag of fres  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSFR) -- The Rivlin FFC Holdings Trust, Madison, Wisconsin, along with the AM Rivlin FFC 2025 Irrevocable Family Trust and the TS Rivlin FFC 2025 Irrevocable Family Trust, both of Brookings, South Dakota, have applied under a notice to the Federal Reserve System to acquire voting shares of Fishback Financial Corp. This action would indirectly lead to the acquisition of voting shares of First Bank & Trust, Brookings, South Dakota. This application is part of a plan for the   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on July 25, 2025: * * * FHLBank Chicago Celebrates Grand Opening of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Residences at Woodale Crossing Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago), CIBC Bank USA, Jewish Family Services (JFS), and local dignitaries joined together on July 24 at the grand opening of the Harry and Jeanett  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Tiffany Introduces Bill to End Visa Loophole for Universities * WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the Colleges for the American People Act (link is external), also known as the CAP Act. This legislation would remove the H-1B visa cap exemption for institutions of higher education. Under today's Immigration and Nationality Act, the Department  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 26 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * DNR Announces Catastrophic Storm Grant Recipients MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the recipients of the Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grants to assist with damage sustained during severe winter weather, including heavy ice and snow that took place March 29 through April 1, 2025. Catastrophic storm grants r  more