The Green Bay Packers Foundation announced this week it has awarded a total of $1.35 million in impact grants to seven Brown, Dane and Milwaukee County nonprofit organizations. A record total amount awarded at one time for the impact grant program, which first began in 2013, the grants are aimed at directing significant funds toward organizations that are serve their communities each day. The grants of varying amounts were awarded to five organizations in Brown County and one each in Dane and Milwaukee County, and all the grants except for one are matching grants, requiring each recipient organization to raise

Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) introduced the Tax Fairness Act to bring more equity to the U.S. tax code by eliminating the carried interest loophole used by private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund managers to receive preferential tax treatment. What does that mean? When high-flying hedge fund managers control funds comprised of money from other investors, they receive a certain percentage for themselves called “carried interest” to incentivize them to manage the fund to the best of their ability. According to Investopedia, carried interest “serves as the primary source of income” for the fund managers and is traditionally “around a quarter of

[Balsam Lake, Wis.] – With just one day until the Wisconsin Primary Election, Attorney General candidate Adam Jarchow recapped his campaign – laying out the reasons why he is the conservative choice to replace Josh Kaul at the Department of Justice. Jarchow made the following statement ahead of Tuesday’s vote: “I’ve been honored and humbled by the support our campaign has received from law enforcement, grassroots activists, and hardworking Wisconsin families. We’ve criss-crossed this state spreading a positive message about my plans to turn the Department of Justice into an agency that gets back to fighting crime, standing with law

OSHKOSH – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined his Republican Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) colleagues in a letter to HSGAC Chairman Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) requesting a hearing with Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and leadership at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding Chinese influence and information theft at U.S. Federal Reserve Banks. A recently released HSGAC Minority Staff Report details China’s malign efforts to target, influence and undermine the U.S. Federal Reserve.   “We write today regarding the troubling issues raised by the recent Minority Staff Report from the Senate Committee on Homeland

MADISON, WI — The Wisconsin Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs bestowed Senator Herb Kohl with their “State Champion for Children” award this week, the highest honor given by the organization to an elected official. The vote was unanimous, with twenty-eight club CEO’s agreeing Senator Kohl should be among the first added to the Club’s Hall of Fame.    “Senator Kohl has always been a champion for young people. For twenty-four years, he gave voice and priority to the needs and interests of young people while in the Senate,” said JoAnne Anton, Director of Giving at Herb Kohl Philanthropies.  “Today, he applies that

MADISON, Wis. – Whoever wins tomorrow’s GOP primary for governor won’t be able to hide from the radical and dangerous positions they’ve taken to win their divisive primary.  Wisconsinites know Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels are both too radical and wrong for Wisconsin. Watch some of the most radical comments that Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels have made: Abortion: Tim Michels wants to criminalize abortion even in cases of rape or incest: Michels said the 1849 ban on abortion that doesn’t include exceptions for rape or incest is “an exact mirror” of his position. He has said it was “not unreasonable”

Legislation will allow Medicare to negotiate Rx prices, extend ACA subsidies MADISON — Wisconsin physicians today criticized Sen. Ron Johnson for voting against the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower prescription drug prices and provide financial support for Americans who buy health coverage through the marketplace. They also shared their disappointment that he voted against an insulin price cap for Americans with private insurance. “When Wisconsin families need someone in Congress to be their champion and help reduce their health care bills, they can always count on Sen. Ron Johnson to be ‘Dr. No’,” said Dr. Ann Helms, critical care