Wisconsin Environmental Justice and Infrastructure Initiative: Availability of grants for diverse environmental advocacy organizations

Today, the Wisconsin Environmental Justice and Infrastructure Initiative (EJII) announced Capacity Building Grants to aid Wisconsin advocacy organizations in need of support in raising community awareness on environmental justice issues. EJII will be offering grants ranging from $1,000 – $10,000 to organizations for the purpose of increasing community-wide awareness of

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Emerge: Launching judicial candidate training program in Wisconsin

Emerge, the nation’s premier organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, announced today that it is launching a Judicial Candidate Training, a comprehensive program for women seeking to run for judgeships as the organization looks to increase representation in courts. The program was created following Emerge’s

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Gov. Evers, WEDC: More than 6,600 small businesses and nonprofits have received main street bounceback grants

Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, today announced more than 6,600 small businesses and nonprofits have been approved for Main Street Bounceback Grants to fill empty storefronts in all 72 counties throughout Wisconsin. The Main Street Bounceback Grant Program was first announced in April 2021.

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U.S. Rep. Steil: COLA increase won’t cover pain seniors have faced

In the wake of today’s inflation data and a year of record-high inflation fueled by excessive spending, the Social Security Administration announced a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) change of 8.7% today. Congressman Bryan Steil released the following statement:  “Retirees on fixed incomes are getting squeezed by inflation. Everything costs more for our

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