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TruStage workers are on strike, picketing at the companys Madison headquarters. But union members working remotely from around the country are contributing in other ways with livestreaming, social media, and more traditional organizing tasks.

In a complaint released to the public Friday, current and former Madison school staffers said spokesperson Tim LeMonds has ‘a deep, inherent belief that others are not worthy of basic respect.’

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota lawmakers appear on the verge of banning one of employers’ most notorious anti-union tactics, so-called “captive audience meetings.” If approved and signed by Gov. Tim Walz, DFL-Minn.

The Madison Water Utility found PFAS chemicals in nine of the city’s 21 wells. A 2022 health advisory from the Environmental Protection Agency questions whether exposure to these chemicals, known as “forever” chemicals, is safe at any amount.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for lowering CO2 emissions by 1-billion pounds. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with VP of Sales of Joule Case and Eric Murphy, CEO and founder of Scream Truck, the on-demand ice cream trucks powered by Joule Case batteries. Photo Courtesy of Scream Truck.

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There was a lot of action among the relisted cases at last week’s Supreme Court conference. The court granted review in six-time relis

Shelia Stubbs’ nomination to head the Dane County Department of Human Services was rejected amid controversy May 4. County Executive Joe Parisi and board supervisors are both pondering changes to avoid a repeat.

Four-year-old policy declared unconstitutional, setting up costly thicket for Metro

Four-year-old policy declared unconstitutional, setting up costly thicket for Metro

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi called for “a reset for healing” after his nomination for human services director failed last week. He chose a vocal critic of the board during the confirmation process to fill in.