MADISON — Today, new reporting found that Ron Johnson used his position in the Senate to cover for a pharmaceutical company accused of causing the opioid epidemic and accepted a campaign donation from them shortly thereafter. In response, Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate released the following statement.  “The secret to getting Ron Johnson to advocate for your needs? Donate thousands of dollars to his campaign. Ron Johnson has spent his decade in Washington prioritizing whichever wealthy donors and corporations can write him the biggest checks instead of the working families he was elected to represent. Wisconsin deserves better than

BELOIT, Wisc. — On Saturday, August 13th, Senator Ron Johnson and Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) will be opening up a campaign office in Beloit, in conjunction with the Rock County Republican Party. This will be one of 6 stops Senator Ron Johnson is making Saturday as his campaign opens 13 offices statewide this weekend. Three will take place in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District including Beloit, Franklin, and Mount Pleasant. WHO: Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) Local candidates, volunteers, and supporters WHAT: Grand Opening of Campaign Office in Beloit WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 2022 MEDIA ARRIVAL TIME: 1:50

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ firing of Michael Gableman ends a 14-month reign of error that has indelibly stained the Speaker’s reputation. The Gableman fiasco cost more than a $1 million in taxpayer dollars, and the fines and attorney’s fees that Wisconsin taxpayers will have to pay due to his illegal destruction of documents tallies another $260,000 and counting. After this $1.26 million expenditure, Gableman failed to come up with any evidence of voter fraud or illegal behavior by any of the Mayors or Clerks he targeted. On the contrary, he was caught out in dozens of lies and contradictions,

(Chippewa Falls)…. Senator Kathy Bernier (R-Chippewa Falls) released the following statement, after learning that Michael Gableman was fired as Special Counsel to the Assembly: “It is about time. “In December of 2021, during a bipartisan panel on election integrity, I stated that I hoped Mr. Gableman’s investigation would wrap up sooner rather than later, to give the legislature more time to make necessary statutory fixes and to restore voter confidence in our electoral system. His response was to take a taxpayer-subsidized trip to a partisan event in my district to attack me personally. Abraham Lincoln once said ‘better to remain

MADISON, Wis. — In response to the removal of Michael Gableman and the ending of his $1 million-plus taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement: “The sham Gableman investigation amounted to a $1.3 million, 14-month campaign ad for extreme, ultra-MAGA Republicans, including Tim Michels, paid for by taxpayers. Robin Vos should follow Gableman out the door and resign from office for perpetrating this farce. “This clown show was enabled by cynical and radical Republican politicians like Tim Michels, who will say or do anything to appease Trump. That’s why Tim Michels supported

Published in JAMDA, research is the first-ever study to evaluate a tunable solid-state (LED) lighting system as an intervention to reduce falls COTTAGE GROVE, Wis., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A first-of-its-kind, two-year study conducted by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Midwest Lighting Institute (MLI), showed a significant 43 percent reduction in the rate of falls in residents at long-term care facilities that utilized a tunable LED lighting system compared to control facilities that maintained standard lighting. The lighting was operated on a schedule developed by Midwest Light Institute that implements specific spectrum and intensity levels timed to regularize sleep-wake cycles

MADISON, Wis. – Bloomington Meats II in Bloomington, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for rendered lard produced for individuals and sold from its store. The recalled product includes: Rendered lard, sold in quart pails of approximately 4 lbs., produced prior to August 9, 2022. This is a Class I recall, initiated based on evidence collected during a routine inspection by state inspectors. Evidence shows that the product was not produced under a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety plan. More information on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recall classifications is available below and on

MADISON, Wis – Today, Speaker Robin Vos (R – Rochester) announced that he has fired Michael Gableman and closed the Office of the Special Counsel. This news comes just days after Michael Gableman endorsed Vos’s primary opponent. Representative Greta Neubauer released the following statement: “This news comes months too late for the people of Wisconsin. Speaker Vos and Michael Gableman’s sham investigation should have never happened. For 14 months, Gableman was empowered to spread disinformation about our elections – Republican leadership needs to take responsibility for the damage they’ve done to our democracy and make clear that the 2020 election

MILWAUKEE – The City of Milwaukee’s Healing Spaces Initiative (HSI) was honored by the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDIs) with the Northwestern Mutual Collaboration Award.   The Healing Spaces Initiative empowers residents to build relaxing natural environments on available City-owned vacant lots that help eliminate blighted spaces, improve public safety, and create new gathering spaces that strengthen Milwaukee neighborhoods. HSI is coordinated through the City of Milwaukee’s Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation (NIDC).   “The Healing Spaces Initiative is creating vibrant gathering places that allow residents to relax, reflect, and enjoy our city,” said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson. “Congratulations to