MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 6 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF urges Hernando County (Fla.) to remove Christian nationalist chaplain * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the Hernando County School Board (Fla.) to end its newly created chaplain program and rescind the appointment of Rev. John "Jack" Martin as the state's first school chaplain. FFRF has warned in a letter sent to the board that the program  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest filed by Island Peer Review Organization Inc. dba IPRO, of Lake Success, New York, challenging the issuance of a task order to Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health), of Madison, Wisconsin. The task order, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was for healthcare quality improvement services under the agency's Quality Improvement Network-Q  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Madison Area Technical College, Wisconsin, has called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its proposed rule that seeks to replace the "duration of status" system for F and J non-immigrants with fixed periods of admission. In a public comment letter submitted by the college, concerns were raised about the substantial economic costs, administrative burdens, and negative impacts on student well-being that the rule could impose. Madison College, which serve  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Half a million Badgers and counting UW-Madison has reached the milestone of 500,000 living alumni. See how they're spreading the Wisconsin Idea around the state, country and world. By Gayle Worland When the UW-Madison Class of 2025 crossed the stage at spring commencement in May, those graduating students led the university to a remarkable milestone: a community of Badger alumni number  more