La Crosse highway study gets unanimous approval ​ In its third consecutive annual meeting, the bipartisan Wisconsin Transportation Projects Commission today approved by unanimous vote the first step toward improving north-south highway routes in La Crosse County to address pavement, bridge and safety needs, and to reduce intersection delay. “Today the TPC moved forward with a study that will address deteriorating infrastructure and higher than normal crash rates on US 53, WIS 35 and WIS 16 in the La Crosse area,” WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson said. “In addition to addressing pavement, bridge and safety needs, project work on these key

MADISON, Wis. — Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Wisconsin’s cities and towns are preparing for an influx of jobs and a boost to their local economies as investments to update the state’s roads and bridges, clean water infrastructure, and expanded broadband are put into effect. While Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass this transformative legislation, Ron Johnson fought to kill the bill, going so far as to warn people to “beware of bipartisanship” and that he was “praying” for gridlock to stop the bill’s passage. Johnson stood in the way of what is best for Wisconsin despite admitting

A new video from American Bridge 21st Century highlights U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s record of putting his corporate backers first in the Senate. The video contrasts Johnson’s opposition to the expanded child tax credit — President Biden and Democrats’ monthly tax cut for 36 million American families — with Johnson’s aggressive efforts to secure millions in tax breaks for his richest billionaire campaign backers. As Johnson prepares to run for reelection in 2022, he’ll be forced to answer for selling out Wisconsin families to advance his big donors’ interests. WATCH:  Read more about Ron Johnson’s success gifting his billionaire big donors a multimillion-dollar tax break:

MILWAUKEE – Earnell Lucas, Milwaukee County Sheriff and candidate for Mayor of Milwaukee, today issued the following statement regarding Joel Brennan being selected as the incoming President of the Greater Milwaukee Committee: “I congratulate Joel Brennan on being selected as the incoming President of the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC). Joel has been a leader in our city and state making some of the critical decisions to help Milwaukee and Wisconsin move forward. His selection as GMC President comes at a time when leadership in our region needs to be more strategic and purposeful about finding solutions for today’s pressing challenges.

Madison… Today, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) issued a statement on Governor Tony Evers’ new maps submitted to Wisconsin Supreme Court as part of the case involving the redistricting process in Wisconsin (Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission). “Bipartisan supermajorities rejected the governor’s People’s Maps Commission (PMC) maps, the PMC failed. Now Governor Evers has abandoned his campaign rhetoric promising for independently-drawn maps to rapidly and secretly draw his own rigged maps without public input. The hypocrisy of the governor is impossible to ignore.”

MADISON – Today, Rep. Katrina Shankland (D- Stevens Point) reintroduced her bipartisan “Invest Locally to Grow Wisconsin Act,” with Rep. Nancy VanderMeer (R- Tomah) and Sen. Jeff Smith (D- Brunswick), legislation to incentivize investment in Wisconsin’s community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The bill was drafted in consultation with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, and enjoys the support of Invest in Wisconsin, which represents a coalition of organizations that support the bill including the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), Forward Community Investments, Community Assets for People, and First American Capital Corporation. Rep. Shankland released the following statement on the bill’s reintroduction: “Wisconsin’s

MERRILL, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved death (OID) in the county of Lincoln, Wis., that occurred on the morning of Friday, December 10, 2021. At approximately 6:33 am on December 10, 2021, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call for a subject with a knife in a residence on Shady Lane Avenue in Pine River Township. Law enforcement entered the residence, encountered the armed subject, John Z.A. Moua, age 28, and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Tyler Iverson, with 17 years in law enforcement, discharged his firearm, striking

La Crosse, WI — With the December round of tax cut payments from the Child Tax Credit (CTC) hitting bank accounts today, Rep. Ron Kind is highlighting a new report that estimates his vote for the American Rescue Plan and its expanded CTC will have delivered $200.5 million in tax cuts to hardworking families in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District in 2021 and $1.6 billion in tax cuts to families statewide.      The report from the Joint Economic Committee shows that 70,000 payments went to 133,000 eligible children in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District last month. According to the latest Census Bureau data, families are using this tax cut

(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) joined 36 of his colleagues as an original cosponsor on the Upholding the Law at Our Border Act, a bill introduced by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to ensure our immigration laws are being upheld at the Southern Border. “In Joe Biden’s first year in the White House, it’s evident that Mexican drug cartels have more control over who is entering our country than Border Patrol agents,” said Grothman. “I have visited different sectors of the border several times this year, and each time agents voice their frustrations to me regarding the shortage of supplies needed to adequately

MILWAUKEE _ The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will confer honorary degrees on four outstanding individuals at its Dec. 19 commencement ceremony at the UWM Panther Arena. Honorees include Tonit M. Calaway, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, general counsel and secretary for BorgWarner; Steven A. Davis, CEO of SDL Strategies Consultants; Michael J. Falbo, president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents; and Belinda Pittman, founder and CEO of Nia Imani Family. Tonit M. Calaway will receive an honorary Doctor of Corporate and Community Relations degree. A UWM alumna, Calaway oversees the global legal function, security, facilities, government affairs, real