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State Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Friday September 26, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Access and affordability drive record interest as UW-Madison welcomes new students from all 72 Wisconsin counties
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Access and affordability drive record interest as UW-Madison welcomes new students from all 72 Wisconsin counties * The incoming class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison represents every one of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Students also hail from all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and more than 50 foreign countries. This year's freshman class was selected from  more

Derrick Van Orden's Support for Tariffs Is Hurting Wisconsin Farmers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Derrick Van Orden's Support for Tariffs Is Hurting Wisconsin Farmers * Soybean farmers in Wisconsin and across the country face a worsening crisis as reckless tariffs are causing soybean sales to plummet, prices to drop, and farming equipment and fertilizer prices to increase - and Derrick Van Orden is doing nothing to solve the problem, instead repeatedly voting to protect these   more

UW-Madison prepares for possible federal shutdown
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Madison prepares for possible federal shutdown * The University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing for the possibility of a federal government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1. If Congress does not agree to fund the government before that time, all "non-essential" federal government operations will shut down for an undetermined period. Campus leadership, including Univers  more