(MADISON)—Today, Senator Tim Carpenter issued the following statement regarding the state legislature’s lack of action in the face of an ongoing COVID-19 crisis in Wisconsin: “Given the complete failure of the Republican-controlled State Senate to convene in session to pass important legislation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, it is time for Senator Fitzgerald to resign as the Republican Majority Leader. “Wisconsin is in a full blown public health crisis, with our state currently ranking in the top three worst states for COVID-19. We are facing the worst public health crisis since 1918 and the Legislature has no scheduled meetings. It’s

Todd Schmidt, Waunakee Village Administrator/Economic Development Director was elected President of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities by his peers from cities and villages across the state at the League’s 122nd Annual Conference Business Meeting held virtually earlier today. “This is such an unusual time for local governments. Actually, it’s an unusual time for nearly everything…including this humbling honor to serve as the League’s President. With that said, because local government leaders are so intimately connected to the citizens we serve, now is a time of obligation for the League’s members to show poise, humility and compassion as we strive to

LA CROSSE, Wis.—Last night, community leaders from La Crosse, Door County, and Bayfield gathered for a virtual conversation hosted by Opportunity Wisconsin and Main Street Alliance to discuss COVID-19’s impact on Wisconsin’s tourism industry. Community leaders held the discussion within hours of President Trump ending hopes of additional COVID-19 relief before flip flopping and suggesting Congress pass an inadequate, piecemeal relief package.   “We know it did not have to be this way and that the summer 2020 season could’ve been and should’ve been just like any tourist season for our speakers and their communities,” said Shawn Phetteplace, Main Street

MADISON – On Feb. 14, 2018, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida arose and went to school like it was a normal day. But the day was anything but normal. During fourth period, a 19-year-old former student walked into school and began firing bullets, killing 17 students and teachers. What happened next was unexpected: Stoneman Douglas students like Jaclyn Corin took matters into their own hands and created the March for Our Lives campaign, a nationwide movement seeking to end gun violence. Dave Cullen, an American journalist, captured the inspiring story in his 2019 best-selling book,

ROCHESTER, WISCONSIN – A proposal to install a trailhead kiosk for the Seven Waters Bike Trail has been selected to receive one of AARP Wisconsin’s “Small Dollar, Big Impact” grants. These grants are being awarded monthly in 2020 to projects in communities across Wisconsin that are designed to improve communities and make them better places for everyone to live, work and play as they age. The Village of Rochester Park Committee applied for the $1,000 grant to kick off its goal to implement a community signage project which both identifies and encourages the use of over 1,500 acres of park

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – A proposal to connect isolated Milwaukee seniors with resources and information that can help them better cope with this pandemic has been selected to receive one of AARP Wisconsin’s “Small Dollar, Big Impact” grants. These grants are being awarded monthly in 2020 to projects in communities across Wisconsin that are designed to improve communities and make them better places for everyone to live, work and play as they age. The $1,000 grant will be awarded to Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin, which manages five senior centers in Milwaukee and had more than 5,000 older adults pass

Neenah, WI – On October 6th, Governor Evers issued an order restricting businesses to 25% capacity. 55th State Assembly Candidate Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R-Neenah) issued the following statement: “Though the rise in COVID-19 cases is concerning, a statewide order breaking the backs of small businesses is not the answer. Yet again, Secretary-Designee Palm is on shaky legal ground as well. The administrative rules process is there for a reason, and circumventing the legislature for something as significant as this is completely unacceptable.” “Small business owners across the 55th State Assembly District have voiced their frustration and fear at this most recent

Contact: Kawana Lloyd, PFAW, 240-472-2860, klloyd@pfaw.org WASHINGTON, DC— As part of the “Enough of Trump” campaign, progressive advocacy organization People For the American Way launched 15 artist-designed billboards featuring 11 world-renowned American artists, this week, in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, to convey what people have had “enough” of in the Trump era and to inspire the public to vote in key electoral states during the 2020 presidential election. View a set of billboards here. The participating billboard artists come from a diverse group of more than a dozen who are participating in the Enough of Trump campaign, including African American, Latinx, Indigenous, AAPI and LGBTQ artists: Amalia Mesa-Bains,  Shepard Fairey, LaToya Ruby Frazier,