WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 11 of her Senate Democratic colleagues, led by Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), in urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield to work with state, Tribal, territorial, and local stakeholders to identify gaps in ultra-cold storage capability, particularly in rural and underserved communities, and use existing authority to prevent shortages of supplies needed for vaccine distribution and administration. This information will be especially important in light of recent news that Pfizer/BioNTech may soon apply for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for

MADISON, Wis. — The following are the statements of A Better Wisconsin Together Executive Director Nicole Safar supporting Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals providing COVID-19 relief and helping restore economic well being in Wisconsin: “Wherever you live, whatever your political beliefs, your income, your age or your race, we all want to be safe and healthy. “In our recent election people from every corner of the state came together in record numbers to vote and send a message to their leaders: their government needs to take action to provide relief from the COVID pandemic and restore our economic well being. “Gov.

HOUSTON, Texas – True the Vote Founder and President Catherine Engelbrecht issued the following statement regarding the “Validate the Vote” initiative, dismissal of lawsuits, and ongoing fight for election integrity: “Yesterday, we made the difficult decision to dismiss our current lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. While we stand by the voters’ testimony that was brought forth, barriers to advancing our arguments, coupled with constraints on time, made it necessary for us to pursue a different path. But our fight for election integrity continues. The litigation component of our work is only a fraction of what we are doing to pursue real solutions to vulnerabilities in

[Madison, WI] – One day ahead of the recount filing deadline in Wisconsin, 1130 WISN host Dan O’Donnell has exposed a number of “indefinitely confined” voters that are not indefinitely confined. Clerks in Madison and Milwaukee illegally encouraged individuals to use indefinite confinement as a way to dodge photo ID laws this past spring. Read the story from Dan O’Donnell below or read his full story here. Dozens Falsely Claimed Indefinite Confinement, Possibly Committed Fraud Dan O’Donnell WISN 1130 November 17, 2020 Dozens of people may have committed election fraud by falsely claiming to be “indefinitely confined” to their homes so

Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and his Assembly Republican colleagues are putting forward policy initiatives to help address the COVID surge in Wisconsin. The package of ideas include building a robust testing system, doubling the number of contact tracers, assisting the healthcare industry, ensuring an efficient distribution of a COVID vaccine, requiring Unemployment Insurance reform and helping small businesses. “We have to get on the same team; the virus is the enemy, not each other. Wisconsin needs some bipartisan answers,” said Speaker Vos. “These proposals are from our constituents, stakeholder groups and lawmakers. We look forward to discussing these legislative initiatives

Citing the need for county government to continue its coordination of the community’s response to and eventual recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Joe Parisi announced today he is running for re-election as County Executive. “Covid-19 has tested us, tearing at the very fabric of our physical, emotional and economic well-being,” Parisi said. “The challenges before us from this pandemic are like none we have faced in our lifetime. They also present great opportunities to do what we do best in Dane County – bring people together, get work done, and deliver tangible results. That’s how we built from scratch mental

WISDOM and Racine Interfaith Coalition condemn the blatant racism shown against children of color in the Burlington School District. The statewide organization WISDOM with affiliates in 12 cities, and our national organization GAMALIEL with affiliates in 15 states join RIC’s 26 member congregations in Racine County stand with RIC member, the Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism in calls for reform. Racial epithets have been expressed in writing and verbally in many forms, including the interruption of Google Classrooms with racial slurs, vandalism, the disruption of school board meetings, and more. A teacher attempting to teach tolerance and racial equity faced the

(MADISON) – The Department of Children and Families (DCF) opened applications today for a new grant program – Community Innovation Grants (CIG) – designed to expand available early care and education opportunities for young children ages birth to five and their families. The grants are funded from the state’s Preschool Development Grant – Birth to 5 (PDG B-5) award. The department plans to award up to $850,000 in CIGs, which will be issued on a competitive basis. All proposals must include a partnership between two or more applicants, with public-private partnerships strongly encouraged. Applicants will be asked to focus on

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that $10 million from the COVID-19 Movie Theater Grant Program has been awarded to 54 movie theater operators across Wisconsin. The program will provide critical funds to assist movie theaters impacted by the pandemic. “Wisconsin businesses across industries and communities have felt the strains of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and movie theaters have been particularly hard as they also battle stalled movie production,” said Gov. Evers. “Movie theaters are often a corner stone of our main street businesses, and I am glad we were able to get these funds out the door to help them keep

MILWAUKEE – In response to reports that two Milwaukee police unions have accused City Attorney Tearman Spencer of “dereliction of … duty” regarding his handling of the ongoing Sterling Brown settlement, State Representative Jonathan Brostoff (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: “Last time I checked, when someone puts in the time and effort to clean up a mess that you made, you’re supposed to thank them, not berate them. For the Milwaukee Police Association and Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization to throw this tantrum over City Attorney Spencer working in a professional manner to settle a cut-and-dry police brutality case is very telling, and