WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Republican Tim Michels, the Army Veteran, Business executive, and political outsider running for governor, issued the following statement on receiving the endorsment of Governor Tommy Thompson: “I appreciate Governor Thompson’s endorsement and vote of confidence. Tommy Thompson knows what it takes to be a great governor of Wisconsin. We are gaining momentum every day, and folks are coming together now to work to defeat Tony Evers this fall. I am working day and night to bring more people into this movement because it is going to take a continued surge to win in November. Tommy knows Wisconsin and Wisconsin

WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Republican Tim Michels, the Army Veteran, Business executive, and political outsider running for governor, issued the following statement on today’s decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court: “I’m glad the court today sided with election integrity and affirmed our belief that unmanned drop boxes were illegal. However, to fully restore the integrity of Wisconsin’s elections, we must defeat Tony Evers. Once elected, I’ll work to pass and implement the Michels Election Integrity Blueprint, which will provide greater ballot security and uniformity so that every voter and every vote is treated and tabulated the same across Wisconsin.” About Tim Michels:

KENOSHA, WI – State Representative Tip McGuire (D – Kenosha) who represents the 64th Assembly District which includes the cities of Kenosha and Racine, as well as the Villages of Somers, Mount Pleasant, and Elmwood Park, announced the launch of his re-election campaign yesterday while surrounded by supporters at the Kenosha Union Club. “I am proud to announce my re-election bid to serve my home community in the state legislature. Since I was elected to the Assembly, my top priority has always been the same: to support working families and the middle class by building a strong pathway to economic

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2022 Wisconsin Cherry Board election results. Chris Lautenbach of Fish Creek and Jim Seaquist of Ellison Bay began three-year terms as elected members of the Wisconsin Cherry Board on July 1, 2022. About the Wisconsin Cherry Board The Wisconsin Cherry Board is composed of five at-large members that are responsible for administering Wisconsin’s Cherry Marketing Order. The board oversees the collection and use of approximately $50,000 in assessment fees paid by Wisconsin cherry growers. This funding is used to support the cherry industry through

[Fond du Lac, WI…]  Today Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, law enforcement’s choice for Attorney General, today applauded the decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to locate absentee ballot drop boxes in properly monitored locations. “The proliferation of absentee ballot drop boxes outside the parameters of the law damaged voter’s confidence in our election process. Combined with the intent of certain counties to make a process originally intended to protect public health during a pandemic permanent it was clear that the Court needed to step in. The fact that Josh Kaul allowed such processes to go unchallenged is

Madison, WI – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled, in Richard Teigen v. WEC, that returning absentee ballots to drop boxes not at the clerk’s office violates Wisconsin election law. Sen. Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement:   “For two years I have witnessed an exhausting array of activist local officials, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, democrat colleagues and media commentators insist that the use of drop boxes was so obviously legal that anyone opposing their widespread use simply wanted to attack democracy. I am glad the Wisconsin Supreme Court has restored compliance with the rule of law. This ruling

(MADISON) – Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling to disallow most drop boxes will impact the voting rights of many Wisconsinites with disabilities. BPDD is relieved that federal law remains to protect the rights of voters with disabilities to have assistance with mailing or delivery of their absentee ballots. The ruling bans the use of unstaffed ballot drop boxes. It is unclear if staffed drop boxes are allowable. BPDD has received many comments from voters with developmental disabilities who have used drop boxes because of an inability to get to a polling place or clerk’s office, and postal return times are

MADISON – State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballot dropboxes: “Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 affirming that the use of absentee ballot dropboxes in Wisconsin is illegal.” “I enthusiastically concur with the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s historic decision today to follow and enforce existing Wisconsin election law involving ballot dropboxes.” “This decision is necessary to ensure the safety and security of all Wisconsin elections, and provides justification for why my office embraced the responsibility for the back look of how the November 2020 election was adversely affected.”

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, and United States Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss demanding a thorough investigation of Hunter Biden’s potentially criminal behavior.   A recent article revealed evidence further corroborating the facts highlighted in the senators’ September 2020 report about Hunter Biden’s questionable financial transactions.  Specifically, the Washington Examiner published Hunter Biden’s text messages apparently showing him discussing payment for

MADISON, Wis. – With Tim Michels revealing he may ban emergency contraception and go even further than the 1849 ban to restrict access to health care, WisDems Chair Ben Wikler, Sen. LaTonya Johnson, and Dr. Kristin Lylerly provided an update on the Republican gubernatorial candidates’ extreme anti-choice agenda. Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels are in a sprint to the right – vying to be the most extreme, ultra-MAGA candidate. Both Kleefisch and Michels want to ban almost all abortions in Wisconsin, have been backed by organizations aiming to ban contraception, and do not support exceptions for victims of rape or incest. WATCH THE

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from the Honorable Kenneth Blackwell, Chair of the Center for Election Integrity at AFPI: “Protecting the chain of custody for someone’s ballot is a critical part of making it easy to vote but hard to cheat. Today’s ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court takes a major step in that direction. The court banned unsecured, unmonitored drop boxes from being placed in neighborhoods and allowed them to only be present outside election centers. This is a great win for the voters of Wisconsin. Fifty-nine percent of Americans—from both parties—have  little confidence

On the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment data release, Main Street Alliance’s Executive Director Chanda Causer had this to say: “Today’s news is even more evidence that what small businesses need now are large-scale, public investments that make it possible for small businesses to be the creators of good, high-quality jobs in their communities. Black and other marginalized workers continue to experience unacceptable disparities in the labor market. Black and Latina women, in particular, face significant challenges accessing paid leave and the child care they need to be in the labor force. Unnecessarily forcing millions of workers into unemployment to curb inflation will not address the

Milwaukee, Wis – Assembly Democratic Assistant Leader Representative Kalan Haywood II (D- Milwaukee) released the following statement regarding the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling on ballot drop boxes:   “By prohibiting the use of drop boxes moving forward, the WI Supreme Court has further limited crucial access to the ballot box. The use of absentee ballot drop boxes has been repeatedly and baselessly attacked by Republicans, who falsely claim that the use of drop boxes led to widespread voter fraud in 2020. According to court rulings, audits, and recounts, the 2020 election was fair secure, and accurate.”   “The decision to

MADISON, Wis. – Established in 2014, the Fields, Waters and Woods Agricultural Enterprise Area (AEA) promotes farmland preservation and nutrient management planning to preserve its natural resources and agricultural lands. The AEA covers more than 41,000 acres in Ashland and Bayfield counties, spanning portions of the towns of Kelly, White River, Marengo, and Ashland and the Bad River Reservation. Ashland County is looking to grow participation in the Fields, Waters and Woods AEA through enrollment in new farmland preservation agreements. A farmland preservation agreement is a 15-year agreement between a landowner and the state to keep the covered land in