WISCONSIN — Following Senate Republicans introduction of a joint resolution to overturn Governor Evers’ statewide mask mandate, frontline healthcare workers slammed the move as a dangerous step backward in containing the spread of COVID-19 and urged lawmakers to focus on legislation that will help meet the needs of frontline healthcare workers and save lives. Healthcare workers from SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin and Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, the leading unions that represent healthcare workers in Wisconsin, issued the following statements: “Healthcare workers have been at the forefront of this crisis, putting our lives on the line to care for

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Gary Peters (D-MI) in sending a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging them to increase transparency around their platforms’ efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus and vaccine-related misinformation and disinformation. The letter requests information regarding the extent of existing coronavirus and vaccine-related misinformation. It also asks the companies to provide updates on new policies and encourages partnerships with public health, civil rights organizations, extremism

“It is with great sadness that we learned our friend and colleague José Delgado passed away yesterday. Regent Delgado was a Wisconsin leader, creating the American Transmission Company and serving as its initial President and Chief Executive Officer. While serving on the Board of Regents since 2014, Regent Delgado was a champion of higher education as a way to improve lives and communities in Wisconsin while holding the UW System accountable. He was continually looking for ways to stay involved in his community and his state. We will all miss his charm and grace at our meetings and extend our heartfelt

While families are suffering Governor Evers continues to play politics rather than take responsibility for his lack of leadership. Following months of inaction from his administration, Governor Evers declared a special session of the legislature in an effort to distance himself from his irresponsibility and distract from his administration’s failure to help those in need during a difficult time. Governor Evers has had the tools needed and the ability to initiate the changes that he is calling for without a special session. The calling for a special session was purely political and is the result of either Governor Evers administration’s

WISCONSIN — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are persisting in numbers that dwarf the heights of the spring and summer surges, while experts are warning that a more contagious, possibly more deadly variant of the virus could become dominant in the United States by March. The US’ death toll is skyrocketing as thousands of Americans lose their lives daily. The economic recovery is sputtering, more people filing initial claims than during even the worst weeks of the great recession. And though President Biden is taking decisive action to scale up the nation’s federal response, more support is needed. Congress must pass

The Wisconsin 2021 Spring Primary is weeks away and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to be sure people know how to obtain identification, free of charge, that is valid for voting. Valid identification for voting purposes include a driver license, identification card, military or student ID card, etc. There is no separate “voter ID.” A federally compliant REAL ID card is not required for voting purposes. Anyone unsure if their identification meets the requirements should visit the Wisconsin Elections Commission website to check. To obtain identification to show at the polls for voting, begin online. A list

(Madison) – Just two weeks after the January 6th attack on the Capitol, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is playing politics and holding up a key national security nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Historically, DHS secretaries are among the first to be confirmed in a new administration, and in 2009 and 2017 they were confirmed along bipartisan lines. In 2016, Johnson urged Democrats to swiftly confirm President Trump’s selection for Homeland Security Secretary because of the importance of the position to national security:  Senator Johnson in 2016: “On a bipartisan basis we realize that the administration needs

Green Bay, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson announced today, an extension of community COVID-19 surge (rapid) testing sites, hosted at UW System campuses. At the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the free, rapid testing site will return to the Weidner Center location beginning, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 and will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to the public. Anyone five years of age and older can be tested. The testing site has been popular, with 350-400 tests administered each day. At the Weidner Center site (2450 Weidner Center Drive) 15,923 total antigen tests and 749 PCR tests (16,672