GREEN BAY– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) and Representative David Steffen (R-Howard) are pleased to announce an upcoming listening session in the Green Bay area. The listening session will take place from 4:00pm to 5:00pm in Allouez Village Hall, located at 1900 Libal St., Allouez. Senator Cowles and Representative Steffen invite their constituents to show up and express their opinions on state legislative issues, including the budget or proposed legislation for the 2023-2024 Legislative Session.

MILWAUKEE – Former Justice Daniel Kelly, who is seeking election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, will be the guest speaker at a Newsmaker luncheon set for Tuesday, March 14 hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics.com and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. Kelly’s opponent, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz, declined an invitation to the joint event, citing scheduling as the reason. The luncheon is set for 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N Lincoln Memorial Drive. Kelly and Protasiewicz, both of whom advanced from the February 21 primary, are vying for an open seat that

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22), and National Women’s Law Center President & CEO Fatima Goss Gravesresponded to the Committee on Education and the Workforce’s announcement that the Committee will be marking up a federal trans sports ban (H.R. 734) this Wednesday. “There are plenty of pressing issues facing both our education system and girls’ and women’s sports, such as teacher shortages and poor pay and a lack of resources and sexual harassment respectively. Rather than addressing any of these issues, anti-LGBTQI+ Republicans on this Committee will spend

WISCONSIN—MARCH 6—Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) released its second round of endorsements for the Spring 2023 election. The endorsed candidates are trusted to utilize their platforms and voices to push for the restoration and protection of reproductive rights for all Wisconsinites. Statement from Steven Webb, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of WI “This election is significant for the future of reproductive health and the health of our families and community, and it is important to have people in all levels of government committed to our values. These candidates embrace those values.” We are proud to endorse: Wisconsin Court of

Madison, Wisconsin (March 6, 2023) –  On Feb. 21, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order and revised interim rule for a phased transition to mandatory eFiling (electronic filing) in Supreme Court cases over the next four months. The transition period will begin April 1, 2023 with the expansion of a voluntary eFiling pilot program, and end June 30 with mandatory eFiling effective July 1. The transition to mandatory eFiling in the Supreme Court will complete mandatory eFiling at each level of the Wisconsin courts. With very few limited exceptions, eFiling has been required in the circuit courts since 2017 and in the

MADISON, Wis. – Amid the ongoing youth mental health crisis, Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined 46 states in asking a state court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an ongoing investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws. “Parents in Wisconsin deserve to know what leadership at Tik Tok knew about the dangers of their product,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Tik Tok must provide the relevant information requested in connection with this investigation.” As part of the multistate investigation led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, state

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public listening session for the proposed Annual Glacial Lake Grantsburg Water Management Plan on March 9 at the Grantsburg Public High School as part of the public review and comment period. The primary management actions used as part of the management plan on the Glacial Lake Grantsburg property to maintain, restore, and enhance the quality and extent of open wetlands that benefit wildlife species are water level manipulations and land management. The Glacial Lake Grantsburg property includes Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Fish Lake and Amsterdam Sloughs, all of which

CONTACT: press@janetforjustice.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Judge Janet Protasiewicz will participate in the State Bar of Wisconsin’s debate on Tuesday, March 21st. This televised debate will be available to voters statewide. She has also agreed to participate in a forum hosted by All Voting is Local, Campus Vote Project, and VoteRiders, focused on younger voters, and to participate in editorial board meetings with the Wisconsin State Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  “Judge Janet Protasiewicz has spent the past year traveling across Wisconsin and speaking directly with voters about what’s at stake in this race and why she is the best candidate to return

MADISON, Wis. — A story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today exposes the depths of Dan Kelly’s extremism on issues of the day, thanks to Dan Kelly’s own words. In a series of blog posts, which he unsuccessfully tried to erase from the internet, Kelly opines at length on topics ranging from abortion to Social Security, and repeatedly demonstrates he does not share the values or the views on the issues of the vast majority of Wisconsinites. “At every turn Dan Kelly shows us, in his own words, he doesn’t share the views on the issues or the values of the vast majority

This week, the Madison Common Council will vote to authorize a federal lawsuit against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai for their failure to install industry standard anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles. The City is taking action to force Hyundai and Kia to do what’s right—fix their cars and put an end to the crime wave that could have been prevented had they simply followed industry-wide standards and installed anti-theft technology in the first place. “Madison residents deserve better,” said Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. “These corporations cut corners and put people at risk. In their search for profits, they pushed

MADISON – During Governor Tony Evers’ State of the State Address, he declared 2023 the Year of Mental Health. The Governor followed this declaration with the announcement of significant budget provisions to increase access to mental health services and bolster the state’s mental health workforce. Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement: “We know that any person – from our students to our moms and our veterans to our doctors – can be impacted by a mental health crisis. It is imperative that they have access to the necessary resources and support systems to overcome this obstacle. Governor

Milwaukee — While Politician Janet Protasiewicz continues to duck debates (including one scheduled for Tuesday at the progressive American Constitution Society and next week at the Milwaukee Press Club Luncheon), the Justice Daniel Kelly campaign today announced his participation in a full slate of offered debates and forums in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.  The debates accepted by Justice Kelly are below. Media is encouraged to contact the Protasiewicz campaign to see whether she will attend any.  Tuesday, March 7 — CANCELED due to Protasiewicz campaign declining invitation American Constitution Society Tuesday, March 14th, 11:30 AM-1:15 PM – Protasiewicz confirmed will not attend Milwaukee

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Ranking Member U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and eight other Senate Finance Committee Republicans in urging senior government health officials against the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) or other similar discriminatory metrics in federal health programs, including the new drug price-setting program under the partisan Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).   In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the senators highlight the strong criticisms that QALYs and similar metrics have drawn from patient groups and disability rights