Appleton, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson on Tuesday condemned the coverup of the union-busting intent of Oshkosh Defense as it announced plans to move production of a new fleet of U.S. Postal Service vehicles to South Carolina from Wisconsin. U.S. Postal Service had initially claimed in its awarding of the contract that, “Oshkosh Defense is evaluating which of their several U.S. manufacturing locations is best suited to potentially increase the production rate of the NGDV.” At a House Oversight Committee hearing today, the Postal Service admitted Oshkosh Defense had told them they planned to

Contact: Alexa Henning Press@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released the following statement on his intention to vote “no” on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. “While I enjoyed my meeting and conversation with Judge Jackson and think she is a decent person with a compelling life story, I have reservations with her nomination to serve a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. I am disappointed the White House did not offer availability prior to the first vote in the confirmation process that took place last night. I have always said I want to

Today, voters across Milwaukee will submit their ballots and elect our city’s first new mayor in 18 years. Regardless of the outcome, I hope the incoming administration recognizes the importance of creating a cabinet that reflects the diversity of this city. The citizens of Milwaukee are our customers, and the leadership within City Hall should reflect those we serve. I believe strongly that the next mayor should emphasize that nominees for commissioners, directors and other cabinet level appointees within the Department of Public Works, Department of Neighborhood Services, Department of City Development, Water Works, Election Commission, Health Department, Department of

VOLK FIELD, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers and senior Wisconsin Air National Guard officials joined families and friends at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center for a formal sendoff ceremony for the 128th Air Control Squadron March 29. Approximately 90 members of the squadron will deploy for six months in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and the Combined Defense of the Arabian Peninsula, providing air surveillance, aircraft tracking and overall command and control of coalition tactical aircraft operations. The deploying Airmen will form into separate detachments serving throughout Southwest Asia and the Middle East, attached to the 727th Expeditionary Air

MADISON — Today, news broke that Oshkosh Defense made out with a $3 billion contract to build the next fleet of USPS vehicles by lying to the public and the state about its intentions to employ union labor. In response, Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, candidate for U.S. Senate made the following statement:  “Here’s the bottom line: Oshkosh Defense lied to the public in order to sell out the union workers in Wisconsin who built their company. Their corporate executives are lining their pockets with this $3 billion deal, and Ron Johnson is aiding and abetting them. “If you want something built right, you

Madison, WI – Yesterday, State Representative Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) presented legislative citations to both the Roncalli High School Varsity Boys Basketball Team and Head Coach Joe Garceau following their second state championship. “It was an honor to award the Roncalli Jets with a well-deserved commendation congratulating them on their hard work and second state championship,” said Rep. Tittl. The Roncalli Jets finished with an incredible 27-2 record during the 2021-22 season, and wins title Eastern Wisconsin Conference champions. They qualified to compete in the 106th State Basketball Championship as the second-seeded team held at the Kohl Center in Madison. During the championship game,

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, led 52 of his colleagues on a letter to President Biden expressing deep concern with the White House’s announcement that it will eliminate Title 42 on May 23, 2022. Along with the suspension of other policies to deter illegal border crossings, halting Title 42 will aggravate the ongoing border crisis and risk the health of Border Patrol agents, migrants, and local communities. “As you know, Title 42 has been in effect since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. The

Menomonie, Wis. — Despite the ongoing military invasion by Russia that has turned their country and their lives upside down, 100 students from Ukraine are thinking about the future. They have received some help from University of Wisconsin-Stout Assistant Professor Mary Spaeth, who presented virtually March 30 about entrepreneurship to a class at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Her talk helped kick off a seven-week course, Innovative Spring of Ukraine. The course was conceived by Professor Ihor Katernyak, a friend of Spaeth’s, in the face of the invasion to help the country be prepared to restart and rebuild its

MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System Interim President Michael J. Falbo announced today the UW System will launch the Student Perceptions of Campus Free Speech Survey on Thursday, April 7. The survey of students at the UW System’s 13 public universities aims to measure and analyze undergraduate students’ perception of free speech and freedom of expression at their universities. The survey builds on the UW System’s existing commitment to free speech and freedom of expression, as evidenced by Regent Policy Document 4-21, which includes a requirement that the “UW System shall report annually to the Board of Regents regarding the efforts of

MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System today announced three recipients of the 2022 Regent Scholar Awards. They will be honored at the next Board of Regents meeting on April 7. The awards recognize UW System faculty for their extraordinary efforts in support of undergraduate research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. “These Regent Scholars illustrate the exemplary research, teaching, and mentoring taking place on our campuses,” said UW System Interim President Michael J. Falbo. “Today’s undergraduate researchers are tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, scientists, and scholars.” The program, which was introduced in 2014, is designed to stimulate faculty-student collaborative research. “The UW System Regent Scholar winners

Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Tom Reed (R-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Jim Costa (D-CA), and David G. Valadao (R-CA) called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack to ensure Canada lives up to its commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In January, a USMCA panel ruled in favor of the United States and found that Canada was breaching its commitments by reserving most of its dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for the exclusive use of Canadian processors. Canada recently announced proposed changes for dairy TRQs as a result of this decision, but their response continues to fall

MADISON, Wis. – Today, President Biden and former President Obama announced new measures to build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and close the “family glitch” – which blocks millions of people who receive health care from a family member’s work from qualifying for financial assistance on the Marketplace. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, this glitch impacts over 5 million Americans across the country and affected nearly 113,000 Wisconsinites in 2019, preventing them from accessing affordable health insurance. This new initiative will expand coverage to 200,000 uninsured people while lowering costs for an additional one million Americans. This