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Sheriff focuses on school bus safety, nonprofit hands out laptops and more (1)
Dane County Sheriff ramps up enforcement, education around school bus safety
By Robert Chappell
September 4, 2025
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office has launched an increased focus on safety of children boarding and disembarking school buses, which will consist of education for drivers, parents and children, as well as increased enforcement of traffic violations around school bus stops. In an interview with Madison365, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said fines for violations […]
Milky Way Tech Hub will provide 300 laptops to community members who don’t have access to affordable devices
By Omar Waheed
September 4, 2025
Milky Way Tech Hub will provide 300 laptops to low-income, underserved and underconnected individuals for free in its continued effort to tackle the digital divide. Milky Way Tech Hub, a Milwaukee-based initiative that works to create a more equitable field for marginalized communities in tech and the founders of Wisconsin Tech Month, have partnered up […]
As Wisconsin companies saved $1 billion in rate cuts, severely injured workers haven’t had a raise in 9 years
By Wisconsin Watch
September 4, 2025
by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch Jimmy Novy grew up on a farm with corn, cattle and chickens in Wisconsin’s smallest municipality. Yuba, in the Driftless Area northwest of Madison, covers a third of a square mile. Novy correctly quotes its population in the last census: 53. In 1967, at age 19, married with a […]
Trump administration to open new ICE facility at notorious Louisiana prison
By CNN
September 4, 2025
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Angola, Louisiana (CNN) — The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials announced Wednesday. The new detention center, called “Camp 57,” will be at the country’s largest maximum-security prison, the Louisiana […]
Why your health insurance copays, deductibles and premiums will probably surge next year
By CNN
September 4, 2025
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Brace yourselves, workers. Your health insurance at the job could cost you a lot more in 2026. Although overall inflation is more muted than a few years ago, employers are preparing for the steepest increase in health benefit costs in 15 years, according to Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored […]