October 3, 2013 - 1:33pm
Kind has proposed eliminating a medical devices tax from the Affordable Care Act in order to pass a six-month continuing resolution.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc) is working on a bipartisan compromise plan to end the federal government shutdown. The deal with moderate Republicans would make one change to the Affordable Care Act. It would fund the government for six months in exchange for eliminating the tax on medical devices, one...
October 3, 2013 - 1:11pm
The Leo Frigo bridge was closed last week after it was discovered to be sagging by two feet.
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Engineers with the state Department of Transportation say they have found the cause of the sag in an interstate bridge in Green Bay . The Leo Frigo Bridge has been closed for more than a week. The bridge spans the Fox River where it meets Green Bay. It's been closed...
October 3, 2013 - 11:57am
Five years after devastating floods washed through the small town of Gays Mills, the community continues to celebrate its unique economy and culture. This year marked the 55th Gays Mills Apple Festival. Apples have been an important crop in Wisconsin for far longer than 55 years. The fruit came to...
October 3, 2013 - 11:41am
Photo Credit: University of Wisconsin | UW-Madison professor of digital media Constance Steinkuehler will co-teach the new online course "Video Games and Learning."
University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Thursday.
October 3, 2013 - 8:05am
The grant will help make internships available to people who otherwise couldn't afford to work for free.
Students at 19 Wisconsin colleges and universities are receiving grant money to get paid for internships that would normally be unpaid. Betty Albrecht says it’s frightening how often she hears that Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) students cannot take an internship because it does not pay. As MSOE’s TRIO coordinator,...
October 3, 2013 - 7:41am
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The federally-managed Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be closed to the public and run by a skeleton staff until the government shutdown ends.
Visitors have been escorted out of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Lake Superior and park employees have been sent home. It’s all part of the federal government shutdown. No one’s camping, hiking or fishing in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore this morning. The only people allowed in there are...
October 3, 2013 - 1:00am
Mephedrone, a psychoactive component of "bath salts."
The use of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug known as “bath salts” has reached an epidemic level in parts of central Wisconsin. The drugs are manufactured in China and southeast Asia, and then labeled as "bath salts" to avoid detection in the United States. In the past year, their use has...
October 2, 2013 - 1:08pm
Problems with the federal government's website kept people from comparing and shopping for coverage online.
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The second day of signup for health coverage on the new federal exchange was a lot like the first . At one location in Dane County, there was heavy web traffic but less face-to-face contact. Elissa Sprecher works with Access Community Health Centers as a certified application counselor, meaning that...
October 2, 2013 - 12:43pm
Walker touted the more-than 10,000 new businesses that have been created in Wisconsin since the beginning of his term (file photo).
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Gov. Scott Walker said he hasn't given up on his campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs by the end of next year.
October 2, 2013 - 12:13pm
The proposed agreement would let police agencies from different Fox Valley cities provide more immediate aid to each other in emergencies.
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Nine police departments in the Fox Valley have proposed a plan that would make it easier for them to help each other in emergencies. In the Fox Cities, sometimes it's hard to tell where one city or town ends and another begins. Nine police departments often interact, but to do...
