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Back to school, unemployment for people with disabilities, more local & national news

End Time Ministries International provides 300 backpacks for young people at annual Back 2 School event

By David Dahmer

August 19, 2025

End Time Ministries International, in partnership with Families Back to the Table Inc. and Darren and Shoney Pruitt, owners of The Nutrition Lounge in Rockford, Illinois, partnered to give away over 300 backpacks filled with school supplies to children in the Madison area during the annual End Time Back to School giveaway and mini-carnival on […]

“Spicy and social justice oriented.” Verona’s Erika Gallagher isn’t shy about empathy in the classroom

By Robert Chappell

August 19, 2025

When Erika Gallagher walked into her first classroom at Capital High School in Madison, she wasn’t sure she was ready.  “I was very scared of it being my first year as a teacher, because I know the kids at Title I schools have very high needs, and I was worried that as a first-year teacher, […]

Wisconsin ends unemployment aid ban for workers with disabilities. Now they want compensation for past denials.

By Wisconsin Watch

August 19, 2025

by Janelle Mella / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch   Wisconsin has stopped blocking laid-off workers who receive disability benefits from collecting unemployment insurance — a response to court rulings that the practice violated federal discrimination law. Now U.S. District Judge William Conley will consider whether and how the state should compensate workers for past denied claims. […]

US State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas, official says

By CNN

August 19, 2025

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN   (CNN) — The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas this year, a State Department official said Monday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on some international students it says have broken the law. The visas were revoked because people had stayed after their visas expired or […]

Texas Democrats return to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting

By CNN

August 19, 2025

By Arlette Saenz, Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Molly English, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout. Democrats returned to Austin on Monday about an hour before the House was set to convene. And while they have vowed […]