MADISON, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris spent time in Wisconsin today to shed light on the Biden-Harris Administration’s more than $1 billion investment in high speed, affordable internet for Wisconsinites. The Wisconsin-specific investment was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in 2021. In response to Vice President Harris’ visit to the Badger State, the following are comments from Chris Walloch, executive director of A Better Wisconsin Together: “In this digital age, high-speed internet is an essential resource for working, learning, applying to jobs, accessing medical and mental health care, having a say in local government,

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has received a second two-year, $3.8 million U.S. Department of Defense grant for an ongoing interdisciplinary program titled “In Defense of Water” to develop novel, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment, treat sewage, and provide clean drinking water and a framework for emergency response to water contamination. The first award for “Novel Technologies to Mitigate Water Contamination for Resilient Infrastructure,” was awarded in late 2021 and expanded upon the water technology development researchers at Marquette have been doing for decades to help provide clean drinking water and protect the environment. “This new award expands the

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at Sanmina in Kenosha County to celebrate Nokia bringing up to 200 manufacturing jobs to Wisconsin to produce key components for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, a $42.45 billion grant program created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand high-speed internet to every American. Senator Baldwin championed strong Buy America provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, requiring that key manufactured products for the BEAD program, along with materials used in roads, bridges, and water infrastructure,

MADISON — Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association and Wisconsin Corn Growers Association are disappointed with the revised 2023 Wolf Management Plan released by the Department of Natural Resources on August 1. The plan is slated to go to the Natural Resources Board for approval in October. “The Department of Natural Resources revised 2023 Wolf Management Plan released this week completely ignores rural Wisconsinites living in primary wolf habitat and allows out-of-state environmentalists to determine the management of Wisconsin’s apex predator,” said WFBF President Kevin Krentz. “The Natural Resources Board should send the 2023 Wolf Management Plan back to

OSHKOSH, Wis. – Today, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh announced their plans to adjust workforce to make up an $18 million dollar shortfall. This will include continued early retirement options, intermittent furloughs this fall, followed by a few hundred layoffs of non-faculty staff and administrator. Rep. Palmeri released the following statement: “Today, an announcement was made that the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will be taking a number of steps to address an unprecedented $18 million budget shortfall. This deficit is a result of long-term systematic underfunding of the UW system and more recently, underfunding in the 2023-2025 biennial budget, along with continued

MADISON — Today, UW-Oshkosh indicated it would have to lay off or furlough 200 non-faculty staff members on campus due to Republicans cutting $32 million from the state budget. In response, Sen. Roys issued the following statement: “The UW System is Wisconsin’s economic engine and our best tool for attracting and retaining the next generation of workers. Republicans chose to cut $32 million from the UW System’s budget — despite our $7 billion surplus. They got what they wanted: staff losing their jobs, and our public university system once again suffering under GOP attacks. The UW System needs to be fully

MADISON – Today, the University of Wisconsin System announced that due to a massive deficit at UW-Oshkosh, they will employ numerous measures to cut back on costs. These measures including periodic furloughs for the 23-24 academic year, incoming layoffs, potential changes to class size and more. Rep. Jodi Emerson (D- Eau Claire) released the following statement in response: “It’s disappointing, but not surprising to see the University have to take such drastic action. The UW-System has been severely underfunded by Republicans for over a decade, and this is the predictable result of their negligence.” “As ranking member of the Assembly Colleges

Sturgeon Bay, WI—Nature as represented by many iconic Door County fine artists will be up for bid at the Door County Land Trust’s (DCLT) Annual Gathering silent auction to be held at the Belgian Heritage Center in Namur on Friday, August 25 from 2pm-5pm. The highly sought-after, donated works of the artists range from paintings to photography. All proceeds benefit DCLT conservation efforts. Landscapes painted in pastel, oil, and acrylic by fine art painters Liz Maltman, Rob Williams, Rick Risch, Mac Schueppert, and Dan Collins will be on display for bidding. The nature theme continues with stoneware pieces by Larry

The reviews are in and it looks like Derrick Van Orden’s constituents are ready to send him packing after his *latest* temper tantrum, this time accosting and getting “physically aggressive” toward high school Senate pages.  Keep reading to see what Wisconsinites are saying about Derrick Van Orden’s inappropriate behavior. The Cap Times: Editorial: Van Orden keeps getting in trouble for picking on teenagers WIZM: Editorial: Van Orden’s actions utterly despicable Leader-Telegram: Editorial: An apology is in order The Cap Times: Letter to the Editor: Van Orden is unfit for office La Crosse Tribune: Letter to the Editor: Rep. Van Orden’s actions ‘atrocious

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that bonus antlerless harvest authorizations, formerly known as tags, for the 2023 gun deer season will be available for purchase online through the Go Wild license portal and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Bonus authorizations are sold at a rate of one per person per day until sold out or until the 2023 deer hunting season ends. Bonus authorizations are $12 each for Wisconsin residents, $20 each for non-residents and $5 each for youth ages 11 and under. On the date of the sale at

On Wednesday morning, August 2nd, a day after Milwaukee Judge Janet Protaseiwicz was sworn in as Wisconsin’s most recent Supreme Court Justice, a long anticipated and expected legal action was filed by Law Forward and several other legal entities challenging the constitutionality of the 2021-22 state legislative redistricting process. The lawsuit alleges that the hyper partisan gerrymandering of state legislative districts that occurred first in 2011 and then was repeated and even enhanced last year, violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s provisions guaranteeing equal protection under the law, free speech and association, a free government, required contiguity of districts and the separation of powers

Madison, WI – State Representative Ty Bodden (R-Stockbridge) released the following statement regarding co-authoring the gain of function legislation that was introduced: “I would like to thank Rep. Behnke and Senator Jacque for leading the charge on this gain of function bill. I am proud to be the assembly co-author on this legislation. This legislation prohibits institutions of higher education in this state from conducting gain of function research on potential pandemic pathogens. There is a dangerous lack of oversight at the University of Wisconsin-Madison regarding gain of function research, so this is another step towards righting the wrongs of the

Madison – State Representative Elijah Behnke (R-Oconto) issued the following statement regarding legislation authored by Rep. Elijah Behnke, Sen. André Jacque, and Rep. Ty Bodden prohibiting institutions of higher education from conducting gain of function experimentation in Wisconsin: “Gain of function research involves improving the ability of a pathogen to cause disease. Manipulating viruses to enhance transmissibility or virulence is extremely dangerous. Given the fact that there are hundreds of millions of possible mutations that can occur with a virus, there is little to no benefit from running these experiments. With this type of research we are one accident away from disaster.