WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Calls Out Trump's Latest Illegal Efforts to Dismantle the Department of Education and Undermine Students * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Department of Education, led over 30 of her colleagues in calling out the Trump Administration's latest illegal step to dismantle the Department of E  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund urges Senate Judiciary Committee to reject extremist judicial nomination The FFRF Action Fund is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject President Trump's nomination of Nicholas Ganjei for the U.S. Dis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tiffany Calls on Governor Evers to Release Wisconsin's Food Stamp Files to the USDA * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers urging him to release Wisconsin's food stamp data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Vulnerable Wisconsinites are at risk of losing benefits (link is external) because the Evers administration continues to b  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, Dec. 5 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * Scientists Create Ultra Fast Memory Using Light Novel "photonic latch" technology paves the way for ultra-fast, light-based computing for AI and data centers. Scientists at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have develope  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 4 -- The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business issued the following news: * * * Tippie risk management and insurance program now country's third largest The Risk Management and Insurance major at the Tippie College of Business is now the third largest in the country, according to a survey from Business Insurance magazine for 2025. The RMI major is only in its third year but already has 350 undergraduate students enrolled as of October 2025, placing it behind on  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Improv class for health professions students builds communication skills Studies show technique can help boost empathy * An innovative approach borrowed from the performing arts is helping health professions students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health strengthen their ability to engage in active listening and think on their feet,   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 4 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * UW Board of Regents approves UW-Madison proposal to create College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence * The new college will build upon the university's strengths in computer, data, library and information sciences and statistics. December 4, 2025 Share this article A proposal from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to reorganize the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDI  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Wisconsin Teamsters Authorize Strikes at Actus Nutrition and Foremost Farms * (SPARTA, Wis.) - More than 150 Teamsters at an Actus Nutrition facility and two Foremost Farms plants have overwhelmingly voted to authorize strikes. The workers, represented by Teamsters Local 120, are employed at three locations critical to dairy production and processing in western Wisconsi  more