Contact: Kevin Olson, DNR Community Financial Assistance Specialist Kevin.Olson@wisconsin.gov or 608-234-2238 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the City of Milton 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 Milton. 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

Contact: Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) today announced the formal launch of a new House Armed Services Committee task force dedicated to strengthening our defense supply chain. Gallagher and Slotkin will serve as co-chairs of the task force, and will lead a group of six other members in identifying items critical to our national security, vulnerabilities in those supply chains, and a legislative plan of action to build resilience against future shocks. The task force’s goal is to move bipartisan legislation in the FY2022 NDAA. “Over the past year, we’ve experienced firsthand how supply

Rural WI families will receive stimulus checks, an historic increase in the child tax credit, ag and food supply chain investments, school funding, rural health care support and more Today, Chris Gibbs, Board President of Rural Voices USA, the nationwide network of farmers and rural community leaders, released the following statement on Congressional passage of the American Rescue Plan. The bill, which invests in efforts to rebuild the American economy in the face of the COVID pandemic, will now go to President Biden to be signed into law. “This is a major investment in the strength and future prosperity of

MILWAUKEE – Deb Kerr, the kids’ and families’ choice for State Superintendent, pledged to decentralize Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and highlighted the urgency to reopen schools while speaking at a press event at Walker Square Park in Milwaukee. “As State Superintendent, I’ll make sure that the DPI isn’t bogged down by the dysfunction of Madison. We should be serving kids, parents, and teachers; in that order. That means we need to expand offices across the state, get folks on the ground supporting schools. We need to disperse the bloated bureaucracy in Madison to the regions they are supposed to serve.

Washington, DC — Today, Democrats in the House passed the Senate version of the American Rescue Plan, sending desperately needed pandemic relief and historic health care reform to President Biden’s desk. The American Rescue Plan includes measures to lower health care costs, expand coverage, and address inequities in care. In response, Joe Zepecki, Protect Our Care Wisconsin State Director, issued the following statement: “Congressional Democrats just delivered a historic victory in the battle against COVID-19. The American Rescue Plan has broad bipartisan support across the country because it will put money into the pockets of families struggling with the health

[Madison, WI] – Yesterday, the Wisconsin Spotlight published a bombshell report revealing that a Mark Zuckerberg-financed grant intended to “bolster democracy during the pandemic” actually resulted in concerning influence from an outside group in Green Bay’s election administration in November. According to the report, a left-leaning group led by a former Democrat operative was heavily involved in administering Green Bay’s election, asking if they could “help” cure absentee ballots, when their assistance was not wanted by the clerk, but nonetheless gaining access to Green Bay’s absentee ballots days before the election. The clerk went on leave before the election out

MADISON, Wis. — Things are looking up in Wisconsin with the state leading the nation in COVID vaccine distribution and Spring in the weather. Unfortunately, not all of Wisconsin’s elected officials are looking ahead to a brighter future or paying attention to the real needs of our communities. A handful of politicians are still looking backwards at an election they lost and using unfounded accusations to limit our freedom to make our voices heard in our elections. They are spreading disinformation instead of doing their job. It’s time for lawmakers to look forward and work with Governor Evers to pass a budget that