MILWAUKEE (December 14, 2021) — Milwaukee Public Schools has taken an active step to ensure the safety of its students and staff. Ninety-Fifth Street School and Lowell International Elementary School have moved to virtual learning starting today, Tuesday, December 14. Due to the end of MPS’ 10-day COVID-19 quarantine policy falling during Winter Break, students who attend these schools will return to in-person learning Tuesday, January 4, 2021. The students, families, and staff of these schools were first notified about the transition to virtual learning Monday, December 13. The decision to move to virtual learning was made to decrease the likelihood of spreading COVID-19, due to the

MADISON, Wis. – Today, Family Friendly Wisconsin released a statement urging Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson to prioritize the needs of working families in Wisconsin by passing President Biden’s Build Back Better Act before the end of the year.   Brita Olsen, state director of Family Friendly Wisconsin: “This year, we have seen how policies signed into law by President Biden have made a difference in the lives of thousands of families and children across our state. We need to continue to uplift those who make-up the backbone of our economy by passing the Build Back Better Act by

This week, local leaders from across the country, including tribal nation leaders, mayors, and state party chairs, are continuing to tout the many benefits of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including repairing and rebuilding the nation’s roads and bridges while strengthening resilience to climate change and creating good-paying, union jobs. As Kenya Johns, mayor-elect of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania put it, President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure law is “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build 21st-century infrastructure systems.” Here’s a look at how local Democrats are continuing to talk directly to voters about President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this week:  In Pennsylvania:  Beaver County

(Madison, Wisconsin) – On December 14, the State Senate Elections Committee will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 250. Co-authored by Senators Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) and Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire) and Representatives Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) and Daniel Riemer (D-Milwaukee), the bill would update the election method for federal congressional elections in Wisconsin to Final-Five Voting, the powerful combination of top-five primaries and instant runoff general elections. This important step demonstrates growing traction and support for Final-Five Voting in Wisconsin. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said that the states are laboratories of democracy. Each state has the responsibility and opportunity to

  MADISON, Wis. – Dec. 14, 2020, is a day Tina Schubert will remember for the rest of her life.             That day at University Hospital, Schubert sat in the newly erected employee vaccine clinic on a typical gray office chair waiting anxiously to the right of Megan LeClair-Netzel, then manager, Employee Health Services, UW Health, as LeClair-Netzel prepared the shot. A crowd of people, photographers and those next in line for a dose waited with anticipation for the moment vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would begin in Wisconsin.            

MARSHFIELD – Time is everything when locating a lost child, elderly person, disabled person, or even a hunter who may have been turned around in the woods. Founded in 2018, the Clark County Mounted Search and Rescue Team helps first responders in remote search and rescue missions. Comprised of 13 local horse owners, this volunteer group serves the community to help locate missing individuals in Clark County and throughout Wisconsin.   Marshfield Clinic Health System employees Jill Gregorich and Cindy Wildish Rasmussen nominated Clark County Mounted Search and Rescue Team for Security Health Plan’s Employee-Driven Corporate Giving grant. Each month

(STATEWIDE – WI) – On Monday afternoon, the chairs of local Democratic Party chapters and local elected officials joined immigrants and allies for press conferences in front of Democratic Party offices in six cities across Wisconsin. They gathered in anticipation of a historic vote in the U.S. Senate on the Build Back Better bill this week that includes long overdue immigration reforms. They urged Democrats in Congress, the Senate, Vice President Harris and President Biden to “Bring Immigration Reform Home for the Holidays!”   The six simultaneous rallies and press conferences took place outside of Democratic Party offices in Milwaukee,

The Medical Device Integrity Act will help promote the manufacturing of high-quality medical devices to keep communities and frontline workers safe   Washington, D.C. – As COVID-19 has exposed gaps in the United States’ ability to respond to a pandemic effectively, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is introducing bipartisan legislation alongside Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) to better prepare the U.S. for future pandemics and support Made in America medical supplies. The Medical Device Integrity Act would help ensure our communities and frontline workers have high-quality medical devices, such as personal protective equipment (PPE), and help address counterfeit devices by giving the Food and

 More than two -thirds of Wisconsin adults now fully vaccinated and nearly 90,000 children ages 5 through 11 have received at least one dose Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) are marking the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 vaccine administered in the state. Wisconsin first began administering the COVID-19 vaccine on December 14, 2020. In one year, over 6.8 million COVID-19 primary series doses have been administered to more than 3.5 million people. DHS has also made updates to the COVID-19 Vaccines for Wisconsin Residents dashboard to include data on vaccinations in the 5- to 11-year-old age