Milwaukee – Today, Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry called for every member of Congress and every Senate confirmed appointee to be required to either divest or put their assets in a blind trust. “I agree with the proposals to ban individual stock trades by members of Congress, but I don’t think that they go far enough and leave glaring loopholes,” said Lasry. “For example, many mutual funds focus on specific sectors and subsectors of the economy that move the same way as individual stocks and that would effectively defeat the individual stock trading ban.” Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona

WASHINGTON (Jan. 19, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $42 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. This investment will help fund the Waterway Flood Management and Restoration Project and will expand stormwater management capacity and reduce flood risk in historically underserved communities. In the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, EPA closed 29 WIFIA loans that are investing over $5 billion in communities across the country to protect public health and the environment while creating over 36,000 jobs. “Investing in water infrastructure strengthens communities while creating good paying jobs,” said EPA Region 5

Good morning, and welcome to the Wisconsin State Education Convention. Thank you for inviting me to be here with you today. I know this year’s theme for the convention is “Forward Together: for our students,” and I can’t think of a more appropriate – or inspiring – phrase to use as the frame of our time together. And as someone who deeply values the lessons that history has to teach us, I’m going to get us started moving forward together today by taking a look at the past for some more inspiration. Earlier this week, I published an editorial on

Madison Alder Nasra Wehelie was appointed to the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board of Directors bringing her experience to the organization’s statewide governing body. The League was founded in 1898 and is comprised of more than 600 members – large and small cities and villages representing both urban and rural Wisconsin. “I am honored to be selected to serve on the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board,” said Wehelie. In 2022 the League’s 16-member Board will be working to set the strategic direction for the League at a critical time in the organization’s history. Cities and villages are facing challenging circumstances not

WISCONSIN — In Case You Missed It… recent CNBC reporting highlighted that enrollment in ACA marketplace plans for health coverage has, “hit a record high this season, a clear, if rare, policy victory for President Joe Biden in his first full year in office.”   You can read the full CNBC article here and below.   What a difference a new president makes.   Enrollment in Obamacare health insurance plans has hit a record high this season, a clear, if rare, policy victory for President Joe Biden in his first full year in office.   The big surge came amid