8/31/2021 CONTACT: Julie Benkoske, julie.benkoske2@wisconsin.gov or Carolyn Pemberton, cpemberton@consumerfed.org   As Wisconsin Employers Increase Hiring, Small Businesses are Joining Statewide Effort to Help Workers Build Emergency Savings More than 70 Employers are Actively Promoting Saving Automatically for Emergencies MADISON, Wis. — Seventy-one small to mid-size employers in Wisconsin, representing approximately 7,500 employees, are now

Madison, WI. — Today Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, and Project Coyote sued the state of Wisconsin over its reckless and politically motivated decision to authorize a quota of 300 wolves for the November wolf hunt, on top of the 218

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host the final online webinar session of a series focused on nitrate in Wisconsin on Sept. 16. The final webinar is a discussion about preliminary assessment of economic impacts on Wisconsin farms of reducing nitrogen losses. The series touched on

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today slammed House Democrats for blocking the House from passing his legislation that would have required the Biden Administration to produce a plan to get stranded Americans out of Afghanistan. Gallagher joined a group of House Republicans in requesting this bill be passed by Unanimous

MILWAUKEE — Gov. Tony Evers today at ceremony celebrating the completion of the new Mental Health Emergency Center announced $5.7 million in funding for the new center in Milwaukee. To support the Mental Health Emergency Center, Gov. Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), has committed to providing $5.7 million

Madison, Wis. — As the Delta variant causes COVID cases to rise across Wisconsin, Ron Johnson has doubled down on his anti-vaccine rhetoric. Johnson sent a letter to the FDA falsely claiming that the drug that was certified is different from the one being used when in fact the two

On Thursday, September 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Mad City Windows & Baths and the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park will host a fundraising event to support conservation at the NEW Zoo. This year’s Brew at the Zoo will feature over 50 different craft brews, seltzers, and non-alcoholic

TIME TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES AND END OVERDOSE Safe Communities partners will join communities around the world to remember those who have died or suffered permanent injury due to drug overdose. Observed on the 31st of August every year, International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) seeks to create better understanding of overdose,

MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System nursing and pharmacy students will have another opportunity to receive a $500 tuition credit for providing COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots, UW System President Tommy Thompson announced today. Funding from the state Department of Health Services makes this additional opportunity available for vaccines and boosters

Contact: alec@1848project.org [Concord, WI] – On Tuesday, 1848 Project released The Forward Agenda. This comprehensive policy plan identifies more than fifty policy items for the next generation of conservative leadership in Wisconsin to focus on and implement. 1848 Project President Rebecca Kleefisch released the following statement on the release of The Forward Agenda:

Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 31, 2021 – Quality early childhood care and education is essential for the long-term success of young people in our region and for today’s workforce to effectively function, but the sector is in crisis. Lack of access to quality, affordable services for children 0-3 has chronically plagued Milwaukee