Contact: Rep. John Nygren, (888) 534-0089 Madison–State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance released the following statement: “After claiming that he would cut state operations spending by 5%, the plan released by Governor Tony Evers today shows actual cuts to operations spending of less than 2.5%,” Rep. Nygren said. “Making matters worse, nearly two-thirds of the cuts are being shouldered by the UW System. While Gov. Evers’ initial announcement was promising, this additional information leaves more questions than answers.” The cuts announced by Gov. Evers raise questions about his priorities. While he has exempted the

Darlington, WI (May 19, 2020) – On Tuesday, May 19th, the Lafayette Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for a resolution that supports an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  The amendment would overturn the Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. FEC, so that limits could be placed on the vast amount of money in our political system.  The amendment would clarify that only human beings should have inalienable human rights and money is not the same thing as free speech. Lafayette County joins with 163 other Wisconsin communities that have called for an amendment.  In total, almost 3.2 million people (56% of Wisconsinites) live in

CRIVITZ, WI – State Representative Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz) turned in his nomination papers today seeking re-election to the 36th Assembly District. The northern assembly district consists of communities in Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto and Shawano Counties. “I am extremely grateful to all the volunteers who helped gather signatures,” said Mursau. “The current pandemic made it difficult to connect personally with residents in northern Wisconsin, so I’m deeply humbled by all the support I received.” Mursau was first elected to the State Assembly in 2004. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Forestry, Parks, and Outdoor Recreation Committee, as

Pewaukee — Today State Representative Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) issued the following statement in response to the Wisconsin Elections Commission voting to misappropriate millions of tax dollars on election: “If Wisconsin is going to spend millions more tax dollars on the election, which is what the Elections Commission voted to do yesterday, it should be used to ensure election integrity and voter safety at the polls. This move by the Elections Commission will reverse the steps we have taken to bolster election integrity, at the taxpayers’ expense.”

Madison, WI – In response to the Wisconsin State Fair Board’s decision to cancel the 2020 State Fair Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg) issued the following statement:  “I am very disappointed by the Wisconsin State Fair Board’s decision to cancel the 2020 Fair.  The Wisconsin State Fair is an important institution in our state and I wish the board could have been more innovative and found a way to offer a safe 2020 Fair experience.” “We all understand that in the current situation the Fair would be something different than it was in the past.  With appropriate sanitary considerations at the

(Sun Prairie) – On May 27, precisely two weeks after the Supreme Court of Wisconsin overturned Governor Evers’ safer-at-home extension, Wisconsin reported the most single day new COVID-19 cases as well as single day new COVID-19 deaths. Rep. Gary Hebl released the following statement in response: While we obviously don’t have enough data to prove causality, it is not hard to correlate the end of the safer-at-home order and an increase in cases and deaths. COVID-19 has up to a two-week incubation period so we could now be seeing the increases in cases due to the partisan Wisconsin Supreme Court

MADISON – Today, the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin announced their endorsement of Representative Melissa Sargent in her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 16th State Senate District. In her seven years serving in the State Assembly and time on the Dane County Board before that, Representative Melissa Sargent has been a vocal supporter for first responders, union rights, community safety, and investing in local communities. Melissa has worked to ensure that all employees have a seat at the table in decision making, including for fair wages and hours, workplace safety, and more. As the members of the Professional Fire Fighters are on the frontlines risking their

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Grant Silva, associate professor of philosophy in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, is the recipient of the Helen Way Klinger Sabbatical Award. The award allows Silva to conclude his book, “Liberation is to the Americas what the Enlightenment is to Europe.” The book details the nature and significance of philosophical inquiry from the standpoint of liberatory philosophy in the Americas. Drawing from Latin American philosophy, political philosophy and philosophers of race and ethnicity, Silva argues that there is an important difference between philosophizing from freedom and philosophizing for the sake of freedom.

MADISON – A scientific programmer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center is working to make scientific data easier to picture, from creating images of spiral galaxies based on theoretical data to visualizing satellite imagery. David Hoese is leading a project to build upon and expand the capabilities of VisPy (short for Visual Python), a powerful, community-driven programming library used to visualize data. He also aims to grow the Python programming community. “VisPy is useful to the scientific community and provides ways to do fast visualizations,” says Hoese. “Compared to other techniques that typically use a computer’s

Milwaukee – The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution at its Thursday, May 28 meeting to allow individuals who have demonstrated personal growth after certain criminal convictions to be able to provide care and services to youth. The goal is to give “credible messengers” the opportunity to help at-risk youth in Milwaukee County. “They say experience is the best teacher. There are people in our community with lived experiences that could prove transformational if they were given the chance to become leaders and credible messengers for our youth,” said Supervisor Moore Omokunde. “This resolution opens up opportunities for those who

Today the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced $10 million in funding for health care providers serving the state’s most underserved populations. The funds, provided through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will reimburse clinics for expenses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. “The clinics eligible for this funding are critical partners in Wisconsin’s response to COVID-19,” said DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. “This pandemic brings with it a myriad of challenges and clinics across the state have done an amazing job of adapting in order to continue providing high-quality care to some of our most vulnerable neighbors.