The Wisconsin National Guard strives to foster an environment where individuals who make up the organization feel valued for who they are and their contributions.  The National Guard’s strength is the people. Soldiers, Airmen and civilians, and the families and employers who support the National Guard, represent all races, religions, ethnicities, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds. That is why the National Guard is committed to establishing a safe and inclusive culture to represent the diversity of our Nation, ensure equity for every current and prospective member of the National Guard, build trust, and achieve overall readiness and mission accomplishment. As Service

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul toured the state this week calling on Republican politicians in Madison to stop playing politics and approve plans for already-received opioid settlement funds. At stops in Green Bay, La Crosse, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee, AG Kaul slammed Republican obstruction and said the more time that goes by, more lives will be at risk. “This epidemic is having an impact on Wisconsin right now and we need to get these resources to Wisconsinites as soon as possible,” Kaul said. This month, the state of Wisconsin received $6 million of the more than $400 million expected from

Today, the Benedict Center Sisters Program hosted a Celebration Reception with Congresswoman Gwen Moore to kick off its new Community Funded Project. Rep. Moore helped secure a HUD Community Funded Project grant of $157,000 as part of the US Consolidated Appropriations Act to support the life-saving work of the Sisters Program to help women in the street-based sex trade in Milwaukee.  The Sisters Program helps women in the street-based sex trade, including sex trafficking by connecting them to housing, treatment, and support services to enhance their health and the safety of the community. Through a street outreach team and at two drop-in centers

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsinites across the state are making clear they won’t tolerate Ron Johnson’s continued threats to cut Social Security and Medicare and will be voting against him in November. See what they’re saying: Carolyn Kaiser, Chippewa: “If Johnson had his way, seniors would lose retirement benefits and be hung out to dry…It’s time to put an end to Senator Johnson’s attacks on Social Security and Medicare and the only way we can do that is by beating him at the ballot box this November. Our health care, our retirement, and our livelihoods are on the line. We cannot allow

College affordability is on the minds of many Americans and is being partially addressed by President Biden’s college debt forgiveness initiative. The Local 212 MATC FAST Fund has been addressing MATC’s students’ emergency needs for six years. It will hold its first post-pandemic in-person fundraising event on Saturday, August 27th from 4PM to 7PM at the home of Richard Harris, 300 W. Fairy Chasm Road. in Bayside. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson will attend the garden wine and cheese party to announce a major investment by the city of Milwaukee in MATC students through the FAST Fund. Liz Franczyk, the FAST

Madison – Representative Shae Sortwell (R-Gibson) released the following statement today regarding the recent lawsuit filed by a group of inmates in Brown County against Governor Evers and members of the Wisconsin Public Defender Board: “Just a year ago, my colleagues and I sent a non-partisan letter to the governor’s office requesting him to send ARPA funds to Brown County and aid the public defender crisis. The effects of COVID-19 on the Wisconsin Court System was exacerbating an ongoing backlog of cases among the public defenders in the county. The State Public Defender Office requested similar assistance weeks prior and

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages the public to try hunting this year. To get started, sign up for a safety course, as it’s never too early for new hunters to take a hunter education course or for experienced hunters to retake it as a refresher. More than 20,000 people take hunter education courses in Wisconsin each year. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, must complete a hunter education course and have a hunter education certification on file to purchase any hunting license in Wisconsin unless hunting under the Mentored Hunting Law. Anyone aged 17 and

During the first week of the Inflation Reduction Act theme weeks, Protect Our Care has highlighted Republican lawmakers for their vote against lowering health care and prescription drug costs in the Inflation Reduction Act. Republican strategists, dark money groups and serial ACA opponents are now backing a lawsuit seeking to destroy critical health care protections for millions through Kelley v. Becerra, a lawsuit to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ongoing litigation in Kelley v Becerra has the potential to singlehandedly strip the ACA of one of its most influential and important aspects, its guaranteed no-cost benefits. The over

OSHKOSH – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Bradley Benavides and FBI Intelligence Analyst in Charge of the Washington Field Office Intelligence Division Nikki Floris requesting their appearance for a transcribed interview to explain the FBI’s interference in the senators’ Hunter Biden investigation. On August 6, 2020, Ms. Floris and Mr. Benavides provided Sens. Johnson and Grassley with an unnecessary briefing on behalf of the