MADISON– Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) released the following statement announcing an endorsement from the United Auto Workers for her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District: “Today I am humbled to announce that my campaign has received the endorsement from the United Auto Workers. To be endorsed by such a diverse union

Madison, Wisconsin (July 16, 2020) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has re-appointed circuit court judges from Barron, Kenosha, Marathon, and Marinette counties to serve new two-year terms as chief judge of their respective judicial administrative district. The terms run from Aug. 1, 2020 through July 31, 2022, or as determined by further

Audio file of radio address. MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address on the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access, which was announced earlier this week.  Hi, folks. Governor Tony Evers here. Seemingly overnight, COVID-19 has changed how Wisconsinites live, learn, and work. Whether it’s working, going to school,

MADISON – Today, Legislative Democrats introduced a package of bills to improve Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance system. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a massive influx in UI applications, which has overwhelmed the current UI system. These bills seek to reduce barriers to UI that slow down the ability to receive benefits

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment and unemployment estimates for the month of June 2020. The data shows that Wisconsin added 104,600 total non-farm and 99,300 private-sector jobs in the month of June. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in

MADISON – Today, Legislative Democrats introduced a package of bills aimed at removing hurdles and expediting the Unemployment Insurance process for Wisconsinites. Since March, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has witnessed an unprecedented number of unemployment claims due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation introduced today would eliminate hurdles

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar seeking an explanation for why the “amazing deal” struck by President Trump for a large supply of remdesivir

MADISON–Today, Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan shared that the Administration has taken yet another step to support the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) in processing the unprecedented number of unemployment insurance (UI) claims received since March of this year. Another cohort of state employees have been temporarily reassigned

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WASHINGTON, DC – Jessi Ebben earned the endorsement of the House Freedom Fund, the conservative political arm of the House Freedom Caucus founded by former U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, President Trump’s current White House Chief of Staff, with U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan and currently led by U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs. Ebben

Hi! This is Senator Howard Marklein, representing the 17th Senate District in southwestern Wisconsin. Not only do I represent one of the most beautiful districts in the state, I also serve on the legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recently released the estimated general school aids

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