Public Affairs

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new guide on elder financial abuse this week.

It’s back-to-school time already! As school begins, is academic tutoring or test prep needed for your child? Waiting until a student is behind in classes or cramming for SAT results in lower scores.

She won’t be the first Black female astronaut in space — that honor goes to Mae Jemison, who flew on the Endeavour in 1998.

The fourth Saturday of every year is National Hunting and Fishing Day.

The Chronicle of Higher Education estimates 5 million students will be in-person at colleges this fall.

Listening costs no more than time and attention.

While earthbound, NASA astronauts train using “analog missions” in locations similar to space – like the ocean.

It’s no secret that vaping has become disturbingly popular among America’s youth. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, one in five high school students regularly inhales nicotine and other chemicals through e-cigarettes.

On Aug. 26, GOP Rep. Sean Duffy announced on Facebook that he will step down from Congress in September.

Visit the Capitol this month and you’ll spot a rainbow under the state and national flags.

Wisconsinites love to vote early; more than 547,000 absentee ballots were cast in 2018. But current laws require local election officials to store those early ballots for processing only on Election Day.

The Madison Fire Department suffered a devastating loss in June. During the half-Ironman race on June 9, 38-year-old firefighter Todd Mahoney was found unresponsive.

On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin became the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The victory came as a surprise after countless setbacks faced by Wisconsin suffragettes.

Student interest in computer, research and data science education has increased in recent years. Many campuses lack the instructors, even the space, to accommodate the rising demand.

Open teaching positions in Wisconsin used to be met with a flood of applicants. Now, positions remain unfilled. What’s causing the drought?

If you have a son or daughter going through the college search process and looking for a major, then take a look at the 10 top tech jobs for 2019. These are going to be in more demand in the coming years due to our tech-heavy society, according to recruiters and career counselors.

California and 15 other states have joined a federal lawsuit declaring President Trump’s national emergency “unconstitutional.” How have our state lawmakers reacted?

In a press conference on February 18, Governor Evers suggested that it’s time for Wisconsin to both decriminalize possession and legalize medicinal use of marijuana.

The new year is a good time for employers to review and update employment practices. Proper policies and practices will reduce risks of costly employment claims. Here are some items to review:

Hearing the perspectives of recent and upcoming graduates in our Education Issue in May offered insights only those in that unique moment in life can provide.

The 2018 midterm elections brought out a record-breaking number of Wisconsin voters, with participation from approximately 60 percent of voting-age adults.

As an English teacher at Hartford Union High School, Jennifer Rodig is accustomed to rising early. Her day starts with lesson planning even before students arrive, but getting students’ attention when class starts at 7:25 a.m. proves to be challenging.

“Community service work identifies a student as someone who is involved in the community, committed to giving time for the well-being of others and experienced in real-world issues,” said Sturgeon Bay High School Principal Robert Nickel.

Melissa Tashjian is passionate about getting people in the habit of composting food waste – so passionate she launched Compost Crusader from her Bay View home in 2014 to collect and compost food scraps and yard waste.

Diverting food waste from landfills by composting food scraps or recycling as animal feed is another component of sustainability, but what’s allowed under the law varies from state to state. Wisconsin, for example, enacted a policy in 2015 that prohibits swine from being fed food waste in order to prevent disease among the animals.

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Transformative, innovative and green – that’s how Marquette University’s planning committee envisions the first residence hall built on campus since 1968.

Based in Viroqua, Kickapoo Coffee has been roasting since 2005, working closely or directly with farmers across the globe to produce coffee that showcases the unique flavors of each specific batch.

Wisconsin is taking its water technology global, as Milwaukee-based The Water Council (TWC) and Israel signed agreements in 2017.

“Climate change poses real threats to our shared water resources,” said BaseTern inventor Erick Shambarger. “We can view these threats as opportunities to find local solutions that protect the environment while creating jobs.”