WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Van Orden and Steil Side With DC Bosses to Back Price-Spiking Tariffs, AGAIN * This week, House Republicans voted against cancelling reckless tariffs that are spiking prices. And once again, Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil are putting Washington first and Wisconsin last. Van Orden and Steil voted to protect reckless tariffs that are jacking up costs and hurting Wisconsin's far  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Nelson Wikstrom, longtime professor of political science, dies at 85 The former department chair co-authored a leading textbook on intergovernmental relations. By Sian Wilkerson Nelson Wikstrom, the political science educator, researcher, author and public speaker whose Virginia Commonwealth University career spanned four decades, died Aug. 20 at age 85. Wikstrom, Ph.D., began his teaching car  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 19 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * BLS Data: Wisconsin Employment Numbers Released The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced 3,068,700 total nonfarm jobs in the state, according to August 2025 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Preliminary employment estimates for August 2025 showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment ra  more