MADISON, Wis. – The City of Green Bay is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The projects primarily include the replacement of lead service lines throughout the City of Green Bay. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150, Wis. Admin. Code, for which no environmental analysis is required; however, following the SDWLP federal requirement 40 C.F.R. §35.3580, an environmental review must be conducted before funding this project. The SDWLP has determined that the project will not result in significant adverse environmental

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced a series of virtual Badger Bounceback Live Sessions that will provide six opportunities for Wisconsinites to discuss, provide feedback, and share personal stories on the governor’s Badger Bounceback agenda and how it affects them, their families, and communities across the state while also having the opportunity to engage in the policymaking process as the 2021-23 budget moves through the legislative process. The Badger Bounceback Live Session on Economic Recovery & Opportunity will occur on Thurs., March 18, 2021, at  6 p.m. Wisconsinites are invited to register to attend here. “Our Badger Bounceback agenda is all about making sure our state can bounce back from COVID-19 better than we were before this pandemic hit,” said Gov.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today introduced legislation that would amend House rules to eliminate proxy voting and remote committee activity. Following introduction of the resolution, Rep. Gallagher released the following statement. “Proxy voting is destroying Congress. It’s impractical, unconstitutional, and exploited by both parties in a way that allows members to use their platforms not to legislate, but to fundraise and accrue media fame. Given that members of Congress have now had access to the vaccine since December, there’s simply no logical reason to allow this practice to continue. It’s time to end proxy voting before it ends

MILWAUKEE, WI – Aisha Carr, educator, and Milwaukee School Board candidate for District 4, placed first in a four-way primary on February 16th. In the newly narrowed field, Aisha Carr addressed recent negativity, “Some of my friends, neighbors, fellow educators, and former students have told me about materials that my opponent and her supporters are spreading. These are negative, nasty, and filled with falsehoods about who I am and what I stand for. MPS funding needs to stay in the District. Period. I will resolutely reject any efforts to privatize Milwaukee Public Schools. I am a proud supporter and graduate of

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the annual Spring Hearings will once again being held online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The public will have the opportunity to provide input on the proposed natural resources rule changes from the DNR, and advisory questions from the Natural Resources Board (NRB) and WCC through the online input opportunity. The 2021 Spring Hearing online input webpage and will go live at 7 p.m. on April 12 and will remain open for three days (72 hours). Results will be posted as soon as they are

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams continue supporting local COVID-19 testing efforts this week as they operate a number of regional community-based testing sites. Teams have collected a cumulative total of over one million specimens since April 2020 at community-based testing sites and institutional-based testing missions. The Wisconsin National Guard’s collection activities support the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s efforts to expand COVID-19 testing throughout the entire state. The teams, which are tailorable to meet the needs of a specific facility or community, are dispatched from a larger task force of several hundred Citizen Soldiers and Airmen when they

MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin praised the draft rules to reduce nitrate pollution in drinking water and the accompanying economic analysis released by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Friday. Revisions to NR 151, the state code governing fertilizer and manure use on agricultural lands, would create new guidelines for where, when, and how farms can apply nitrogen fertilizer and manure to fields and crops in areas of the state at risk for private and public well contamination. “While it’s important to understand the costs associated with implementing the protections in this rule, it’s equally if not more important to remember that