MILWAUKEE – Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop music. State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde offered the following statement to commemorate this historic anniversary:  “On August 11, 1973, at a Back To School Jam organized by his sister Cindy Campbell, and held at the recreation room of

VOLK FIELD, Wis. — Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin were among dignitaries to see the training and equipment involved in Northern Lightning counter land training exercise running through Aug. 18. Northern Lightning is a large-scale, full-spectrum counter land training exercise. The

Madison… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) attended the Wisconsin State Building Commission meeting at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 9, 2023. Senator Ballweg also serves as a member of the Joint Committee on Finance, and she was the lead member to analyze and promote specific projects to be enumerated for funding

MADISON – Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after receiving the 2023 Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation Policymaker Award from the Lake Michigan Stakeholders: “I am proud to accept the Lake Michigan Stakeholders’ Champion of Conservation Policymaker Award. All of the bodies of water in Northeast Wisconsin

Carl Schoettel, President of the Wisconsin Bear Hunters’ Association (WBHA), made the following  statement after the Revised Wolf Plan released by the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) was  releasee on August 1, 2023:  “Unfortunately, we would have liked the DNR’s 2023 Revised Wolf Plan to have utilized better science  to

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, wrote to Dr. Stephanie Tompkins, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), regarding a recently uncovered email that exposed a

WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today re-introduced the Congressional Trade Authority Act. This bipartisan bill would require the president to submit to Congress any proposal to adjust imports in the interest of national security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. “Congress’ penchant

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #209 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., Aug. 12, 2023, in honor of Lance Corporal Tanner Kaltenberg, who passed away on July 23, 2023, at the age of

MADISON— Yesterday, Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) joined striking Leinenkugel’s workers as they fight for decent wages and good benefits. The workers, represented by Teamsters Local 662, have been on strike since July 10, 2023, after rejecting an offer from the Molson Coors Beverage Company that provided minimal wage hikes

Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit pregnant people and their newborn infants, according to findings recently published in Vaccine. The paper describes results from the Multisite Observational Maternal and Infant Study for COVID-19 (MOMI-VAX), which was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious