WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Wisconsin Bankers Association, Madison, submitted a public comment letter expressing support for the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's interim final rule clarifying that national banks have authority to impose non-interest fees, including interchange fees set with third parties. The association also endorses the OCC's interim final order that federal law preempts the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The association em  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives, Madison, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration concerning the proposed rule to extend annual report deadlines for various pipeline operators. NAPSR represents state agency pipeline safety managers responsible for overseeing millions of miles of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines across the United States. NAPSR   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has expressed reservations in a public comment letter submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget regarding the proposed revisions to 2 CFR governing Federal financial assistance. The professional scientific society, dedicated to combating tropical infectious diseases and enhancing global health, cautions that the rule could impose significant challenges on biomedical research, li  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Kwik Trip, La Crosse, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the OCC's Interim Final Rule on National Bank Non-Interest Charges and Fees and the Interim Final Order preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The family-owned convenience store chain opposes the agency's rule and order, calling for their withdrawal. Kwik Trip highlights that swipe fees imposed by V  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Federal Reserve regarding the agencies' notices of proposed rulemaking on Regulatory Capital Rules and the risk-weighted assets framework as published in March 2026. MGIC urged the federal banking regulators to modify the capital treatment of private mortgage insurance to bette  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives, Madison, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking on the safety of gas distribution pipelines and other pipeline safety initiatives. The letter addresses provisions from the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by PHMSA and highlights the organization's recommendations   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 11 -- American Family Insurance issued the following news release: * * * 19 years and counting ... American Family Life Insurance Company recognized again with Ward's Top 50 designation American Family Life Insurance Company's ongoing commitment to excellence has landed them a place on Ward's Top 50 for another year. - American Family Life Insurance Company (AFLIC) has been named to the Ward's Top 50 list, as one of the nation's top 50 performing life/health insura  more

CHILTON, Wisconsin, July 9 -- Aebi Schmidt Group posted the following news: * * * Aebi Schmidt Supplies Hydraulic and Interchangeable Frame Systems for 123 German Federal Motorway Maintenance Vehicles * Germany's motorway network spans more than 13,000 kilometers and requires year-round maintenance by a fleet of highly specialized vehicles. Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes, the federal operator responsible for this infrastructure, tendered 158 vehicles across four lots. Aebi Schmidt, in partners  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Urges U.S. Postal Service To Uphold Fair and Free Elections, Defend Mail-in Voting Methods Nine Governors Call Upon U.S. Postmaster David Steiner To Reject President Trump's Unconstitutional, Unpopular Proposal Threatening To Disenfranchise Millions of Americans - Governor Ned Lamont and a coalition of other governors representing states across the U.S. have written a l  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, July 9 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Eau Claire research uncovering new information about cranberry production * There have been studies about various parts of the microbiology of cranberry production, but McGivern says groundwork research is missing about how microbiome communities, or the collection of microorganisms within an environment, change at different soil depths, from season to season or between differen  more