FORT MCCOY, Wis. — Wisconsin National Guard Leaders at all levels now have another tool at their disposal to help address challenges Soldiers and Airmen in the organization face in their military and civilian lives that affect the force’s readiness for its state and federal missions. The Wisconsin National Guard’s Comprehensive Health and Wellness program offers a leader course aimed at equipping unit leaders with tools to help their troops overcome obstacles to the five pillars of health and wellness. On April 2nd the largest class served by the Comprehensive Health and Wellness leader course completed their week-long training at

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) urges electric, natural gas, and water utility customers with outstanding bills to make payment arrangements or apply for financial assistance before the annual winter moratorium on disconnections for nonpayment expires on April 15, 2021. The action comes following a moratorium preventing utilities from disconnecting service for nonpayment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Public health and safety is a top priority and was the primary reason the PSC issued a moratorium on utility disconnection during the worst part of the pandemic,” said PSC Chairperson Rebecca Cameron Valcq. “As Wisconsin continues to be

MADISON — In response to President Joe Biden’s recently announced plans to focus on improving public health and addressing climate change, health leaders from across Wisconsin gathered to discuss the benefits national climate action can have at the local level. The conversation occurred on Monday as part of a virtual news conference organized by Wisconsin Environment and Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action. The issues addressed included flooding impacts on communities and switching to renewable energy. The guests included top health care professionals from around the state. “As a physician, my professional duty is to protect the health of my

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages anyone with a passion for helping people and protecting natural resources to apply to be a part of the next class of conservation wardens. The 2021 DNR conservation warden application period opens April 12 and the DNR will accept applications for approximately two weeks. Learn more about this remarkable and critical career and apply here. “DNR Conservation wardens serve everyone who depends on our natural resources, and that means every person in our state. Building a diverse team of conservation wardens is critical to our success,” said DNR Training Director Capt.

MILWAUKEE — Citizen Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard began assisting at two mass community vaccination sites in Milwaukee this week. Approximately 40 Wisconsin National Guard troops are on duty at Milwaukee North Division and Milwaukee South Division High Schools helping administer vaccines, and approximately a dozen more are assisting at a vaccination site in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as part of a new Wisconsin National Guard initiative to provide community vaccination teams to mass vaccination sites in key parts of the state. The community vaccination teams have helped administer more than 7,500 vaccines at those three sites since

MADISON, WI (April 12, 2021) — The United States has enacted a large COVID relief package — and now attention has turned to a newly proposed infrastructure plan that includes more than $2 trillion in spending over the coming decade. What does this economic stimulus package include? What impact might it have on jobs, GDP growth, productivity, and the distribution of income? What are the inflation risks? How will we pay for this new spending with debt and taxes? How does this economic stimulus plan compare to others we’ve seen throughout history — and what have we learned from the

April is Medicaid Awareness Month, and the Republican lawmakers in the states that have not yet expanded Medicaid now have even more reason to do so. In addition to providing affordable coverage options for millions of uninsured Americans through the Affordable Care Act, the American Rescue Plan provides robust financial incentives for the 14 states that have not implemented Medicaid expansion. The new offer is too good for holdout states to turn down: In addition to covering 90 percent of the costs for the expansion population, the federal government will chip in an extra 5 percent for the traditional Medicaid