MILWAUKEE – At their Thursday, March 24 meeting the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors celebrated Women’s History Month by honoring Milwaukee women who embody this year’s theme of “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”   “As we come to the end of Women History Month, I want to recognize these outstanding women who are truly the definition of community servants,” said Supervisor Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones. “We must celebrate their contributions and ongoing efforts to promote health, equity, and prosperity throughout Milwaukee County and beyond. We make women’s history 365 days a year.” Supervisors presented Ko-Thi Dance Company Founder Ferne Caulker-Bronson, former National Council of Urban League Guilds

City of Racine – Work on Wisconsin Avenue to convert the one-way street into a two-street is set to ramp up in April. When complete, Wisconsin Avenue will have bidirectional traffic between State Street and 16th Street and include bicycle accommodations. The conversion is scheduled to be completed by the end of May. “We are excited to implement this phase of the Downtown Public Realm and Parking Plan. Our overall goal is to activate more of the downtown while also making it more accessible and pedestrian friendly. Converting the one-way streets is a good first step,” said City of Racine Mayor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin applauded an announcement from the Biden administration that over $95 million in new funding is being made available to Wisconsin through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) – the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s largest residential energy retrofit program. This new funding from the Baldwin-supported infrastructure law will allow states to retrofit thousands of homes to make them more energy efficient while lowering utility bills for low-income homeowners. WAP retrofit funding is designed to address the “whole home” including installing insulation, updating heating and cooling systems, upgrading electrical appliances, and taking other common-sense actions that

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) joined his House Natural Resources Committee colleagues in introducing six pieces of legislation to reverse the Biden administration’s anti-energy policies and unleash domestic energy production here at home. Specifically, these important bills would resume onshore or offshore oil and gas lease sales and require the Biden administration to process applications for new oil and gas drilling in a timely manner. “The Biden administration has hamstrung American energy producers for far too long, and now Wisconsinites are bearing the brunt of Biden’s price hike when traveling to work, heating their homes, and fertilizing their land,” said Congressman

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Christine (Chris) Navia, currently the chief diversity officer at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, has been named Marquette University’s vice president for inclusive excellence, Provost Kimo Ah Yun announced today. Navia, who succeeds Dr. William Welburn following his retirement last August, will begin in the role on July 1, 2022. As vice president for inclusive excellence, Navia will lead the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and play a key leadership role in weaving diversity, equity and inclusion into the fabric of the university. She will partner closely with colleges, departments and units across campus to fulfill critical institutional goals,

Democrats are spreading “misinformation” about Ron Johnson in the media, and some outlets are starting to notice. After a similar piece was published last week, Axios wrote an article that included an outline of Senator Johnson’s statements on Obamacare which detailed how the “Democrats jumped on his comments and mischaracterized them in ads and releases.” Excerpts and a link to the full article are below. ICYMI… Democrats target new GOP election foils Axios 03.29.2022 In digital ads and press releases, Democrats are using Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida and Chuck Grassley of Iowa as foils to contrast

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs March 30, 2022 I am pleased that yesterday at the White House President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, named for the black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement. The historic legislation, which designates lynching as a federal hate crime, was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate earlier this month, and was passed by the House of Representatives with overwhelming support in February. We as a city have been on record in support of this legislation: In July 2018, 14 members of the Common Council

Wisconsin Can Access $95 Million From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Lower Utility Bills for Working Families   MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy announced that Wisconsin will be able to access more than $95 million in new funding delivered by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help families lower energy costs through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). This expanded funding will allow Wisconsin to retrofit low-income homes in Milwaukee County to make them healthier and more energy efficient while lowering utility bills. Through the Weather Assistance Program, low-income households save nearly $400 a year

MADISON, Wis. – After relentlessly claiming that he didn’t want the GOP’s endorsement ahead of the Republican gubernatorial primary, behind closed doors yesterday, Kevin Nicholson came crawling back to the party, saying that he wouldn’t mind if they put his name alongside Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Ramthun.   Just like his run for Senate in 2018 though, Kevin Nicholson didn’t make a good impression. A Republican Party insider told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that “‘No vote was needed [to consider Kevin Nicholson for the ballot] […] He refused to provide the committee with evidence that he had met the metrics.’”  

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan has contributed $5,000 to an exciting new venture called the C2 Collaborate & Create Makerspace, a hands-on learning environment where students, entrepreneurs and community members can work together using cutting-edge tools and equipment that may not exist in local school settings.   The C2 Makerspace is a collaboration between Marshfield-based non-profit Shiloh Bound, Mid-State Technical College, Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce, local K-12 schools, industry partners like Hastreiter Industries Corp. and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield, where the space will be located. It will serve K-12 students in the greater Marshfield area and focus

MADISON, Wis. – This week, President Biden announced his budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which would impose a new Billionaire Minimum Income Tax on the wealthiest Americans to reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next decade, advance safety and security at home and around the world, and make the investments needed to build a better America.   Meanwhile, Republicans have embraced Senator Ron Johnson and Rick Scott’s GOP agenda that could raise taxes on 32 percent of Wisconsinites, sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years, and gut health care protections for those living with pre-existing

Cowles Lambasts Plan to Outcompete Private Industry, Reiterates Previous Warnings about Public Sector Overreach GREEN BAY– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement in response to the Rock County Board of Supervisor’s Adopted Resolution from March 24th that lays out a plan to use federal funds for 100 county government-managed solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and to have these charging stations accessible to the public without assessing a fee for use: “I am typically not one to question the important role that local governments play in the management of our state. However, one area that local governments do not