NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: [Category: Sociological] Deadly Shooting at Abundant Life Christian School Left a Student and Teacher Dead, and Several More Injured; Shooter was a 15-Year-Old Student In Wisconsin an Average of 69 Children and Teens Die by Guns Every Year Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers will be at the Capitol Today at 12:30 CT, Encouraging Lawmakers to Prioritize Gun Violence Prevention Legislation. Fo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Four leading secular organizations have warned district superintendents about misleading guidance that Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued last week. Murrill encouraged school districts to implement HB 71, an unconstitutional state law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ACLU o  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Jan. 7 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: The Marquette University School of Dentistry has received a $1.37 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish the Open Dental Education Consortium to help standardize dental education and decrease the cost of tuition. With this award, MUSOD will form a consortium with Chippewa Valley Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College in Wisconsin, and Brigham Young University in Uta  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Sadly, the lack of representation of the nonreligious in Congress remains a problem in the newly convened 119th session. A whopping 95 percent of lawmakers identify with a religious faith, 87 percent of them with Christianity with only one self-identified as a humanist and three as "unaffiliated." "This overrepresentation by Christians and gross underrepresentation of at  more

MONONA, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. A new state legislative session begins in Wisconsin today as legislators, elected in November, take the oath of office for the 2025-26 session. According to A Better Wisconsin Together Deputy Director Mike Browne, today's legislative inauguration marks both a new beginning and a monumental shift toward   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Professor Betul Kacar is pictured in her lab in the Microbial Sciences Building. Photo: Jeff Miller Betul Kacar, associate professor of bacteriology, likes mysteries. And there is, maybe, no larger mystery than the origins and early evolution of life. Now, a team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison led by Kacar, a pioneer in the field of molecular paleobiology, will explore th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Betul Kacar, associate professor of bacteriology, is pictured in her research lab in the Microbial Sciences Building. Photo: Jeff Miller Betul Kacar, associate professor of bacteriology, likes mysteries. And there is, maybe, no larger mystery than the origins and early evolution of life. Now, a team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison led by Kacar, a pioneer in the field of m  more