by Courtney Degen | Feb 22, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a federally funded research center led by UW-Madison, would receive an additional $5 million in funding each year through 2026 from legislation that passed the House earlier this month but still faces...
by Courtney Degen | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Not even a deployment to the Middle East could have prepared 1st Lt. Nikki Flynn of the Minnesota National Guard for her latest mission: assisting at a nursing home as the COVID-19 pandemic relentlessly continues to wear down medical staffs. Working as a...
by Courtney Degen | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday convened a group of doctors and scientists who have been criticized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation to “get a second opinion” on the health issues facing Americans because of the pandemic. “Until COVID, a...
by Courtney Degen | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Major voting rights legislation died in the Senate on Wednesday night, at least temporarily ending the potential for changes to Wisconsin election laws and a GOP-led effort to restrict voting rights in the state. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act...
by Courtney Degen | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and experts suggested ways Thursday that the federal government could reduce racial economic disparities, including increasing school choice, creating trust accounts for newborns and providing relatives of Black World War II veterans with...