From engaging community through social media, artistic endeavors and grassroots problem-solving to seeing infrastructure issues in a new light, the 20th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community offers something for everyone. Click…
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Leaders at the Monk Botanical Gardens have planted the seeds for a new garden club aimed at young teens. And they hope with the proper attention and nurturing, the group can thrive as well…
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Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) has been praised as a national model for promoting clean and open government. But some state legislators are calling for its elimination. Is this in the best interest of…
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Is Congress as an institution broken? Or is it the people who run it? What makes a successful Congress – and why is the 111th seen as one of the best Congresses in history?…
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‘Re-energizing civic engagement’ is the theme of the 20th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community, set for October 6-7 at the UW Center for Civic Engagement in Wausau. Click here for a…
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Retired Congressman and Obey-Petri Lecture Series speaker Tom Petri was recognized for his longtime efforts in helping bolster U.S.-U.K. relations. He was formerly named an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a June 11 ceremony at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, D.C.
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This fall, former Congressmen Tom Petri and Dave Obey will be going on the road to speak to campuses and classes across eastern Wisconsin in a Civic Participation Lecture Series.
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WIPPS Director Eric Giordano will be among those paying tribute to former Congressman Dave Obey at a formal presentation of Obey’s Congressional papers at 1 p.m. May 15, at UW-Stevens Point, the sixth floor of…
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Wisconsin’s longest serving congressman, David R. Obey, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree bestowed by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Chancellor Bernie Patterson announced today. Obey, who represented Wisconsin’s 7th District for 42…
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Having spent their careers on opposite sides of the aisle, former Congressmen Dave Obey and Tom Petri have found common ground in arguing the power shift toward party leadership is unhealthy. The two say…
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