MADISON – Today, Senator Wirch and Representatives Ohnstad and McGuire introduced legislation to clarify a state statute regarding the possession of a dangerous weapon by a person who is under 18 years old. While Wisconsin law generally prohibits a minor from possessing a dangerous weapon, there is an exception which allows a minor to possess a long gun or rifle if the barrel is longer than 16 inches. The exception was made to respect Wisconsin’s sporting heritage. This bill simply clarifies a minor may only possess a long gun or rifle if they are legally hunting and in compliance with

Madison, Wis. – Today, the Evers Administration opened the application period for two programs totaling $75 million targeted toward supporting diverse businesses and communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Gov. Evers previously announced he was directing federal funds to make the $75 million investment in October. The $37.5 million Diverse Business Assistance Grant Program will provide support to ethnic and diverse chambers of commerce and other collaboratives that provide technical assistance and services to businesses that have historically been denied access to capital and are owned by members of communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Diverse Business Investment Grant Program will provide an additional $37.5

MADISON, Wis. (Nov. 29, 2021) – NFIB filed an amicus brief in the case Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, et al., v. Tony Evers, et al. at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, opposing Governor Evers’s plans to publish the names of businesses that have had employees test positive for COVID-19 and the number of employees who have tested positive.  “The governor’s plans will ultimately do more harm than good for small business owners in Wisconsin,” said Karen Harned, Executive Director of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center. “Publishing the names of businesses with employees testing positive for COVID-19 will permanently impact small businesses’

MADISON, Wis. — Thanks to President Biden, Governor Evers, and Democrats in Congress, every single home across Wisconsin will soon have reliable and affordable internet. Today, 14% of Wisconsin households do not have an internet subscription — meaning that 318,000 Wisconsinites struggle to connect with the rest of the state and world. Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will continue to close this digital divide by allocating at least $100 million in additional funding to expand broadband coverage across the state, while lowering costs and expanding access for low-income families. Governor Evers previously declared 2021 the Year of Broadband

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) spoke with Garrett Haake on MSNBC this afternoon to discuss President Biden’s agenda, the Build Back Better Act, and recent comments from Republican colleagues.  Click here to watch the full interview, and find excerpts of Rep. Pocan’s remarks below. “We will [fund the government.] I think there’s going to be an extension, probably to mid-January, to give us a little more time. Anytime you have a 50-50 Senate, less than a handful vote margin in the House, it’s like juggling cats on a high wire with a fire underneath you and headwinds blowing

This week is National Tax Security Awareness Week, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) is  encouraging all taxpayers to further secure personal information with an Identity Protection PIN.  “With the increase in online information and activity comes an increased threat of identity theft,” said DOR  Secretary Peter Barca. “The Identity Protection PIN program is yet another layer in our defense arsenal working to ensure the taxpayer data we are trusted to protect is safe.”  By mid-December, taxpayers will be able to request their Identity Protection PIN on the DOR website. The PIN will be used to file their 2021

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) has announced its 2021 Community Impact Grant awards. Grants of $1 million each, over five years, support community-academic partnerships and their initiatives to improve health and advance health equity by addressing the social determinants that influence health and well-being as well as the systems, structures and policies that shape these determinants and hold health inequities in place. This year’s awards support initiatives across a wide range of issues, communities and geographic areas including promoting food sovereignty in the Oneida Nation;

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) led 18 of their House Republican colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concern over his recent actions encouraging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to investigate oil and gas companies based on inaccurate allegations concerning rising gasoline prices. The cause for the dramatic gasoline price increase is largely due to your Administration’s energy policies that have stifled our domestic energy industry, not unsubstantiated allegations of anti-consumer behavior,” the members wrote to President Biden. The members continued, “Your request for an FTC investigation into gasoline