ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 4 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators posted the following news: * * * AAMVA Highlights Importance of Driver Education and Work Zone Safety at AASHTO Conference * At the 2025 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Conference in New Orleans, LA, Jeff Oberdank, AAMVA's Portfolio Director, Driver and Examiner Testing & Training, joined Wisconsin Department of Trans  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Steil Introduces Legislation to Withhold Lawmaker Pay During Shutdown Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) joined Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) in introducing the Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act. This legislation prohibits members of Congress from collecting pay during the ongoing federal shutdown and deducts pa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA), Wales, Wisconsin, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expressing concerns regarding the agency's proposal to clarify its interpretation of the General Duty Clause. CSHEMA, which has represented the interests of over 400 higher education institutions for more than 70 years, highlights the potential implications o  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 4 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF stops teacher from preaching creationism in Calif. middle school * The Freedom From Religion Foundation stepped in to defend the rights of students to be free from religious indoctrination when a Vista Unified School District teacher used his position to teach religious beliefs, including creationism, as facts. A concerned district parent reported that a mid  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Pocan Leads Letter to UN Sec. General to Reverse Decision to End UNAIDS Early * MADISON, WI - Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, led a letter with 35 of his colleagues to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, expressing deep concern regarding the proposal to sunset the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) by the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Steil Introduces Legislation to Withhold Lawmaker Pay During Shutdown * Washington, DC - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) joined Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) in introducing the Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act. This legislation prohibits members of Congress from collecting pay during the ongoing federal shutdown and deducts pay from members' paychecks during future shutdowns. Steil has request  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Continues to Break the Law, Impose Hunger on 42 Million Americans, Including 700,000 Wisconsinites * Trump continues to break the law, defying recent court orders, which call on the Trump administration to fund SNAP and FoodShare during the government shutdown. In response, Congresswoman Gwen Moore released the following statement: "Millions of Americans do not know when they will receive the  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 5 -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following Q&A on Nov. 4, 2025 by Mary Bosch with Joshua Lang, principal investigator and professor of medicine: * * * Tackling treatment-resistant prostate cancer A Q&A with Joshua Lang * A five-year, $12.5 million grant has been awarded to researchers at UW-Madison to investigate metastatic, or advanced stage, prostate cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death in men. Dr.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), Milwaukee, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) addressing concerns regarding proposed amendments to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The organization, representing its client Contractors for Equal Opportunity, emphasizes the need for clarity in the amendments to prevent states from circumventing regulations and allowing discriminatory practices. WILL a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Kurt R. Bauer, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), Madison, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce advocating for the inclusion of cast iron derivative products in the existing Section 232 action on iron and steel products. The president expressed concerns regarding foreign companies circumventing Section 232 tariffs, particularly concerning products that are predominantly composed of iron. These foreign ent  more