Infrastructure Law Invests in Wisconsin’s Airports   MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s airports are flying high with federal funds thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This historic legislation will provide $15 billion to revamp the country’s runways, taxiways, and invest in safety and sustainability projects while also helping to rebuild and expand terminals, airport-transit connections, and roadway projects.   In Wisconsin, the following commercial airports are expected to receive funding during the first year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Appleton International Airport: $3,089,895 Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee: $1,605,349 Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire: $1,015,736 Dane County Regional

GOP Proposes Making Election Administration More Partisan, Letting Them Throw Out Election Results They Don’t Like MADISON, Wis. — A New Year brings the same old attacks on the freedom to vote by Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature. Among the attacks on Wisconsinites’ ability to have a voice on important issues are efforts to increase partisanship of election administration, allow future election results to be nullified, eliminate secure drop boxes that helped Wisconsinites cast their ballots and expand a sham inquiry into the long ago decided 2020 election. “It’s a New Year, but we’re already seeing the same old attacks

MILWAUKEE — Today, Senator Ron Johnson ramped up his ongoing attacks against the COVID-19 vaccine, asking in an interview with conservative Wisconsin radio host, Vicki McKenna, herself a vaccine skeptic, “Why do we think that we can create something better than God in terms of combatting disease?” In response to this statement from the senator, who was named in one of The Washington Post’s “biggest Pinocchios of 2021,” Dr. Ann Helms, a neurologist in Brookfield and the Wisconsin State Lead for the Committee to Protect Health Care, released the following statement:   “Ron Johnson’s latest comments on the vaccine are

SOMERS, Wis. – The Criminal Justice Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is offering a community day centered around its Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation course.  This course is being offered by Dr. Jana Marie Truesdell, a professor in Cultural and Social Anthropology with an emphasis in Forensic Anthropology. The community day event will be on Sunday, January 16, from 2-3:30 pm in the Black Box Theater.  Visitors will have an opportunity to walk through the stage and learn from experts in the field on determining the cause of death in the crime scene. Learn more about the Truth in a Nutshell community day

MADISON—In the waning hours of 2021, a Republican legislator in Wisconsin named Timothy Ramthun wasn’t chilling champagne or relaxing with his family. No, he was still scheming to subvert our democracy. Ramthun, who in November introduced a resolution to rescind Wisconsin’s Electoral Colleges votes that were certified on Jan. 6, introduced a bill on Dec. 30 that would permit the nullification of an election and the mandating of a do-over 30 days later in some circumstances. Those circumstances include where the total number of absentee ballots exceeds the margin of victory, which, under his bill, would necessitate a forensic audit.

Ten members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery — a high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) unit — are training with the Colorado Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery at Fort Bliss, Texas in preparation for a deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.   “They will be conducting the same mission, with some minor tweaks, that the 121st did in 2018-19,” said Maj. Matthew Mangerson, the 121st Field Artillery’s executive officer, “providing light HIMARS packages to various locations around CENTCOM [U.S. Central Command] to provide responsive fires, as needed.”   For that mission,

La Crosse, WI – Today, Rep. Ron Kind released the following statement after U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that a United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) panel agreed with the United States that Canada is breaching its USMCA commitments and undermining the ability of American farmers and producers to sell a wide range of products to Canadian consumers in the first dispute settlement panel proceeding ever brought under Chapter 31 of the USMCA.    “After calling for these enforcement measures, I commend Ambassador Tai and the Biden Administration for delivering this historic win for our hardworking dairy farmers. This decision will ensure American dairy farmers and producers are able to

Today, County Executive Joe Parisi announced Dane County is now accepting applications for grant programs designed to support projects that improve, protect, and enhance Dane County’s land and water resources.  With one application, groups are able to apply to multiple grant programs from the Dane County Environmental Council and Dane County Parks. The grant programs include: Capital Equipment Grants for projects that improve, protect, and enhance land and water resources in Dane County and provide clear and significant public benefits and access. These grants award up to $2,500 to assist with the purchase or rental of equipment or services that will

Milwaukee, WI – IBEW Local 494 would like to welcome Ryan Neibauer to our local leadership team, serving as Political Director and Business Representative. Mr. Neibauer comes to us with a strong and varied background of political and community experiences, and we are very excited to have him join our team to serve in this role. This position just prior to Ryan joining the team was filled by John Zapfel who in the fall of 2021 was promoted to serve the IBEW membership nationally as an International Representative and Grassroots Coordinator. “On behalf of myself, the Local 494 leadership team and

WISCONSIN — Today the Working Families Party announced its first round of endorsements for the 2022 spring election cycle. The grassroots political group’s endorsements highlight a slate of progressive challengers fighting for bold changes in their communities: Kierstin Hueslemann for Dane County Supervisor, District 27, April Kiyega for Dane County Supervisor, District 15 and Eric Rorholm for Milwaukee County Supervisor, District 3.   These first-time candidates are working mothers and community leaders who have lived experiences with the issues they’re fighting for. They’ve pledged to shift resources away from policing and invest in housing, education, jobs and infrastructure, fight for

MADISON, Wis. – Quarterback Aaron Rodgers asked for part of his salary to be paid with it. Actor Matt Damon pitches it in a recurring television commercial. More varieties are seemingly being “mined” every day. What is it? Cryptocurrency, which enjoyed a bullish-beyond-belief year in the markets in 2021, is virtually impossible to counterfeit, is being accepted as payment in more places, and is drawing the nervous eyes of regulators in the United States and far beyond. Learn more about crypto by attending the Tuesday, Jan. 25, Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison. Panelists are Bob Van Kirk, vice president of treasury