MADISON – Developers with innovative affordable housing projects designed to spark community revitalization and promote resident well-being are urged to apply for a new round of federal 9% housing tax credits allocated by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. The application period for this special round of housing tax credits is now open and will run until Sept. 3, 2021. The Innovation Housing Tax Credit application can be found on WHEDA’s website here. A free webinar to highlight the launch of the innovation round and to provide information on the application process will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July

NEW NORTH, July 14, 2021 – New North, Inc., the regional economic development corporation serving the 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin, today hosted a press conference and roundtable discussion at TitletownTech in Green Bay with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and two of his cabinet-level secretaries. Gov. Evers announced a groundbreaking $130 million investment in workforce solutions to help address the state’s post-pandemic workforce needs. He was joined in the announcement by Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), and Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek. Included in the state’s investment is a $100 million Workforce

Madison – Representative Warren Petryk (R-Town of Washington) released the following statement regarding the governor’s announcement to invest in Wisconsin’s workforce. “I’m pleased to see the governor finally acknowledge that there is a workforce crisis in our state, and in announcing an investment of some of the federal COVID stimulus dollars, he is finally going to help people find employment. But, if he were serious about actually helping the workforce crisis, he would have made these investments a year ago, like I, along with my fellow Assembly colleagues, requested of him.” Last September, I sent a letter with other Workforce Development and Labor Committee colleagues in the Assembly asking the governor to use some of

MADISON – Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) expressed outrage at the Racine Journal Times for terming the heroic actions of a Racine sheriff deputy as a “homicide”. “The Racine Journal Times should be ashamed of itself. Words have meaning. There is no equivalency between the cold-blooded murder at the Pilot Travel Station and the life-saving actions of the deputy,” said Wanggaard. “I don’t know what they were thinking or why they tried to equate the two events. It makes no sense and it’s disgusting.” The headline in the online edition of the Racine Journal Times today states “Gas Station Shootings Are

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that three lucky Wisconsin residents won a once-in-a-lifetime elk harvest tag for the 2021 Wisconsin elk hunting season which opens Saturday, Oct. 16. The DNR randomly selected the three hunters from a drawing pool of more than 25,000 applicants. The winning hunters are from the greater Madison, Marshfield and Manitowoc areas. “It’s always a highlight to be able to make these types of contacts,” said Josh Spiegel, DNR Wildlife Biologist, who called winners individually to inform them they won. “All three hunters were surprised and there was even some cheering.

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a letter to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) warning the state agency that any attempt to enforce certain regulatory restrictions on the start-up Swimply, a growing online platform that allows homeowners to make their underutilized residential swimming pools available for rent, would be a violation of state law. Swimply recently received communication from DATCP that their business effectively would be banned in Wisconsin due to the agency’s interpretation of regulations that don’t fit. The Quotes: WILL Deputy Counsel Luke Berg said, “DATCP’s rigid attempt to regulate a

Media Contact: Laurie Fischer 314-391-8390 info@americandairycoalitioninc.com Sen. Gillibrand continues to move forward on Dairy Subcommittee hearing on dairy pricing July 14, 2021— GREEN BAY, Wis. — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to move forward with a dairy pricing hearing. Although a Senate calendar date is not yet confirmed, the hearing is supposed to take place after the legislator’s August recess.  Permission has been granted for a hearing in the U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee she chairs on Dairy, Livestock, Poultry, Local Food Systems, Food Safety and Security. Her office reports establishing scope and is currently interviewing potential panelists. Previously, Sen. Gillibrand told reporters she is