(MADISON, WI) — Today on a video press conference, DNC Chair Tom Perez, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, and Wisconsinite Noah Reif, who has type 1 diabetes, blasted Trump’s continuing attacks on protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This event comes on the back of Democrats and their allies filing arguments with the Supreme Court in defense of the ACA. The case, California v. Texas, has been buttressed by Trump and his Department of Justice in his latest attempts to overturn the law. If Trump is successful in striking down the ACA, at least 20 million Americans could lose their health care coverage

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was disappointed to hear that once again the Ojibwe people are encountering such troubling and challenging situations when practicing their court-affirmed right to spear fish in the ceded territory. We continue to support their treaty rights and will provide whatever assistance is needed to make it a safe season. The incident is currently under investigation by the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2020) — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, endorsed Tom Tiffany today for election to the United States House of Representatives. The special election to fill Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District seat will be held on May 12.    “I’ve known Tom for decades. He’s a responsible small business owner with a pulse on the Wisconsin economy. Look at his voting record as a state representative and state senator: Tom has been with small business on every single vote he’s ever cast. I’m confident Tom will take that small business

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Postmaster General Megan Brennan requesting weekly revenue reports from the United States Postal Service. Chairman Johnson wrote, “Despite recent media reports suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically hurt USPS, the revenue data provided to my staff for the first five weeks of the crisis shows a different story.  From March 16, 2020, through April 19, 2020, revenues for USPS were down 5.86 percent compared with similar dates last year.  That was a far cry from the 30 percent

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that he and a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in calling for key changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to ensure that funds are distributed fairly and equitably. “While the Paycheck Protection Program has allowed many small businesses to get greatly needed loans, Congress must make more funding available to help save small businesses and it needs to improve the program to ensure that loans are targeted to small business and equitably and transparently distributed. Access to PPP loans should be based on which businesses truly need them, not

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and 39 Senate Democrats in sending a letter to President Trump, calling on his administration to develop a comprehensive national strategic plan of action by May 24th to ensure states have sufficient tests to begin safely re-opening. The first known case of COVID-19 in the United States was diagnosed in Washington state on January 20, 2020. After 12 weeks, more than 1.1 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 67,000 deaths, the

Ahead of Children’s Mental Health Awareness day tomorrow, May 7, Office of Children’s Mental Health Director Linda Hall today announces the publication of a new fact sheet focused on prioritizing children’s mental health in Wisconsin and how our communities can do that. Highlights include: Almost half of high school students in Wisconsin are feeling anxious A child typically experiences symptoms of emotional distress for 11 years before receiving treatment Minorities are more likely to delay or stop treatment as a result of geographic or insurance barriers Parents can watch for anxiety symptoms Policymakers can consider the significant impact that social

MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that an elk herd at a Burnett County breeding farm that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in August 2019 was depopulated on April 23, 2020. Other than the initial CWD positive, none of the remaining five elk tested positive for the disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services depopulated the herd, and samples were sent to the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, for testing. Last year, a 6-year-old male elk at the facility was euthanized due to an injury and,

MADISON — More than 1 million meals have been provided to Wisconsin students since the closure of K -12 school buildings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to claims filed to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Since March 18, 2020, 447 school food authorities and sponsors in Wisconsin have provided meals through the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Option and the Summer Food Service Program, which allow meals to be served free of charge to children 18-years old and younger living in low-income areas. “Making sure students have consistent access to nutritious meals is essential,” State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Representatives Gwen Moore, Ron Kind and Mark Pocan today called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to prioritize the needs of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the next coronavirus relief bill to ensure that SNAP can continue to play a role in enhancing Wisconsin families’ food security and supporting our economic recovery. “In these challenging times, more and more families in Wisconsin and across the country are struggling to put food on their tables. As of

Contact: Larry Bonde, Wisconsin Conservation Congress Chair 608-235-5825 Kari Lee-Zimmermann, Wisconsin Conservation Congress/DNR Liaison 608-219-9134 or Kari.LeeZimmermann@Wisconsin.gov MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Conservation Congress received a record-setting 64,943 responses to the 2020 Spring Hearing Questionnaire featuring topics ranging from baiting and feeding deer to the use of non-toxic ammunition on state-owned land. Due to COVID-19, the in-person portion of the 72 public meetings – known as the Spring Hearings – initially scheduled for April 13 in each county was canceled. The public was able to respond to the natural resources advisory questions from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin Natural