MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comments on a proposal to modify the current Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) permit for Gordondale Farms. Gordondale Farms is an existing CAFO located in Portage County, approximately 1 mile northeast of the Village of Nelsonville. The current permit term runs through July 31, 2025. In July 2021, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an opinion in Clean Wisconsin, Inc. vs. DNR concluding that the department has authority to include in a CAFO permit terms that ensure compliance with effluent limitations and water quality standards. The permit modification is required as part

Madison… Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement regarding the announcement that Representative Joe Sanfelippo (R- New Berlin) will not seek re-election to the State Assembly. “Rep. Sanfelippo has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2012 and has been a valuable member of our caucus. As Chair of the Committee on Health, Joe was a subject matter expert for many health care initiatives. He is a smart, conscientious, well-researched member who always put his knowledge of any subject to good use in policy discussions and negotiations. No matter the topic, he always served his district well. “I want to wish

WAUKESHA – A Waukesha County Circuit Court judge ruled on Tuesday that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) acted unlawfully when it failed to follow the required rulemaking process for establishing a new regulatory standard related to PFAS substances. The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association. WMC argued that DNR attempted to change the requirements for the state’s Remediation and Redevelopment program and the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE) program without going through the rulemaking process. The court agreed that DNR must promulgate a

“The Select Committee’s visit to Milwaukee is one I have advocated for, which is why I was so thrilled to welcome my colleagues to our community. I am proud to be from Wisconsin, where the Wisconsin Idea created a framework for policies and government centered on the needs of ordinary people and advanced many reforms. We led the nation on many progressive fronts, such as the fight for the forty-hour workweek and was the birthplace of America’s first kindergarten. Now, there are systemic inequities that have brought national attention to Milwaukee, Wisconsin which were chronicled in Matthew Desmond’s book, ‘Evicted.’

WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the new site of Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Darlington and the Iowa County Food Pantry in Dodgeville to highlight federal funding she worked to bring home to Wisconsin in legislation that has been signed into law by President Biden. At the future site of Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Darlington, Senator Baldwin and local officials discussed the $4 million federal investment that she worked to secure to help build the new facility. With the old facility nearly 70 years old, the new hospital will be a 75,000 square-foot facility, including

MADISON, Wis. –  Senator Ron Johnson is back under scrutiny after reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel uncovered audio of Johnson admitting that a key provision he fought to include in the 2017 GOP Tax Scam bill benefited his company and his political donors. See what Wisconsinites are watching and reading about Johnson’s self-serving actions below: WQOW WLUK WJFW WSAW Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Johnson acknowledged the Oshkosh-based plastics business he owned, Pacur LLC, benefited from the small-business tax provision, as did some of his prominent donors…’Now, did my business benefit? Sure. Did some of my donor businesses? Sure…’ Johnson said…In August, an

MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court handed down their decision to uphold  Racine’s 2020 school referendum as passed by Racine voters. Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) released the following statement in response: “After engaging in this effort from the beginning, I am thrilled the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of our public schools. This referendum will provide necessary resources and support students to succeed. The biggest winners are the future generations of students who will benefit from the updates and improvements this referendum will fund. “Finally, our community will be on track to finance

In a case representing an important victory for local governments and their taxpayers, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the Kenosha City Assessor’s determination that a vacant city lot the owner intended to develop into residential homes should be assessed as residential rather than agricultural use for property tax purposes. Nudo Holdings, LLC v. Board of Review for the City of Kenosha The property at issue in Nudo was mostly raw and covered in underbrush, but also included several walnut and pine trees. The landowner challenged the classification of the property as residential, arguing it should be classified as agricultural instead because he collected

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 23 states and cities in filing comments in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to reaffirm that it is “appropriate and necessary” under the federal Clean Air Act to regulate mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants. That determination, first made over 20 years ago, is the basis for the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS Rule), a landmark rule that has substantially reduced emissions of especially dangerous pollutants that threaten some of our most vulnerable communities, including children and

Madison, WI— In a decision issued today, a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources lacks the authority to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals and other emerging contaminants as hazardous substances under Wisconsin’s Spills Law. Environmental and public health advocates say the decision, if allowed to stand, endangers public health by removing the only meaningful public health protection we have to address PFAS contamination in Wisconsin. The ruling was issued in a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) in February. WMC sued the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in an effort to

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Preston D. Cole, today announced the administration has moved forward with a Request for Architectural and Engineering Services for the Potawatomi Observation Tower at Potawatomi State Park in Door County. The announcement follows a DNR-led public input opportunity and accompanied the publication of a Public Feedback Summary outlining input received by the DNR. “It’s clear folks want to see a restored or reconstructed tower at Potawatomi State Park, and we also recognize that accessibility is a critical consideration for any building project, especially one as cherished as the Potawatomi Tower,” said Gov. Evers. “I’m

Appleton, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson is calling out Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes for supporting Trump and Stephen Miller position on Title 42 immigration and asylum policy. Barnes told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he would not support the lifting of Title 42. Nelson said in response:   “Lieutenant Governor Barnes has gone from requesting and posing with ‘Abolish ICE t-shirts’ to embracing ghoulish Trump-imposed Stephen Miller-written immigration policies. It’s hard to know what candidate Barnes values really are on any given day.   Especially given the horrors of Russia’s invasion, the U.S.. shouldn’t be

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s GOP representatives, Reps. Steil (WI-01), Fitzgerald (WI–05), Grothman (WI-06), Tiffany (WI-07), and Gallagher (WI-08), are heading back to Wisconsin for recess. As they’re returning home they owe their constituents some answers, as they’ve spent the last few weeks in D.C. putting their own partisan interests and wealthy corporations over the families they’re supposed to represent. From opposing economic relief and pledging to attack Wisconsinites’ affordable health care in the middle of a pandemic, to voting against a once-in-a-generation investment in our state’s infrastructure, Wisconsin’s Republican politicians have wasted no opportunity in Washington, D.C. to turn their backs