Contact: info@sharlenformke.com Milwaukee, WI – Sharlen Moore, an expert in community leadership, youth development, and advocacy, has officially announced her campaign for Milwaukee Common Council, District 10, an open seat left vacant by Ald. Michael Murphy. Moore has decades of experience leading Urban Underground, a nationally recognized youth leadership program. With prolific alumni including local and state officials such as County Executive David Crowley, Sharlen is poised to engage her skills and experience to improve the lives of seniors, youth and families in the 10th District. Her programs are noted for transforming the lives of vulnerable youth, and her success in working

Like hundreds of thousands of hunters across the state, we’re counting down the hours until Wisconsin’s gun deer season officially opens on Saturday, Nov. 18. Will you be participating? Here’s what you need to know.  Purchasing Your License If you haven’t purchased a license yet, head over to your Go Wild account and be sure get one before hunting. Make sure you have it ready to go so you’re not fumbling with your phone from the tree stand on opening morning with no cell service. Once you have your license, double check you’ll have proper proof of license with you while hunting, just to

Wednesday marked two years since President Biden signed into law the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In honor of the anniversary, Democrats nationwide touted the historic impacts the package is making on local communities, and the DNC rolled out a new billboard campaign across the country highlighting how the legislation is funding critical projects while hammering Donald Trump’s failed promises to deliver “infrastructure week.”  On Veterans Day, Team Biden-Harris released an ad featuring an Army veteran sharing how President Biden’s PACT Act allowed him to get the health care he needed. Across the country, leaders praised the Biden-Harris administration’s steadfast commitment

Assistant United States Attorney Anita M. Boor has been selected as the new magistrate judge  for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Boor will join the  court in May 2024, after the retirement of Stephen L. Crocker, who has served in the position  for 32 years.   Boor earned her J.D. in 2014 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She graduated  from the University of Wisconsin in 2007 with a B.S. in Biology. She was an attorney in private  practice with Quarles and Brady, focusing on intellectual property litigation, before she joined  the United States

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Tues., Nov. 21, 2023, in recognition of the anniversary of the 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy and to honor the six individuals who were senselessly and tragically killed in the attack: Tamara Durand, 52; Wilhelm Hospel, 81; Jane Kulich, 52; Leanna Owen, 71; Virginia Sorenson, 79; and Jackson Sparks, 8.    “Today marks the two-year anniversary of the senseless act of violence at the Waukesha Christmas Parade that took the lives of six cherished members of the community and injured many others. In the wake of this devastation, we saw an entire community come

Washington, DC — Protect Our Care is releasing a new report detailing pharmaceutical companies’ sky-high revenues as they continue charging unaffordable prices to patients. In total, the 16 top companies reported $176.7 billion in total global revenue for the third quarter, and have rewarded shareholders by announcing dividend payments and stock buybacks totalling $26.8 billion. According to the report, the same big drug companies that are trying to block Medicare negotiation in court had more than $100 billion in revenue in Q3 alone. Passed last year by President Biden and Democrats in Congress, the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and 44 of their Republican Senate colleagues in a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary, Gina Raimondo, raising questions over last month’s decision by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to impose a 90-day pause on the issuance of export licenses for firearms, ammunition, and certain accessories to most overseas markets. This unprecedented move is the latest chapter in the Biden administration’s hostility towards America’s firearms industry. The letter notes the impact this pause could have on U.S. commercial and economic interests, which, according to the firearms and ammunition industry, would directly

Middleton, WI –  Phil Anderson, Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate in Wisconsin, is again receiving donations of cryptocurrency. “I embrace new technology, and always have,” says Anderson. “Cryptocurrencies are a way to conduct business without the risk of the government-caused inflation and the devaluation of your dollars.” Anderson’s 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign accepted donations in Bitcoin, despite confusing WI statutes regarding cryptocurrency donations. The campaign is using EngageRaise, a well-regarded, reliable platform for receiving and reporting donations. “The Wisconsin Legislature never clarified this issue, but that’s not my problem. Candidates from Rand Paul to now Ted Cruz are

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the city of Elkhorn is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes the replacement of watermains and lead service lines on Centralia and Wright Streets along with increasing capacity at the Lakeland Water Treatment Plant in the city of Elkhorn. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150, Wis. Admin. Code, for which no environmental analysis is required; however, following the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program federal requirement 40 C.F.R.

LIBERTY GROVE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Sunshine shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 2023. The Sunshine sits, upright and broken, at the bottom of Lake Michigan, approximately one mile southeast of the entrance to North Bay. Built in 1856 in Detroit, Michigan, Sunshine was one of a unique class of Great Lakes vessels: the scow schooner. Much of our understanding of this vessel type, and the lakeshoring trade in which they operated, has come from archaeological data recovered from wreck sites. Little historical documentation exists on scow schooner construction and operation. The vessel spent

MADISON, Wis. – It’s time for hunters across Wisconsin to gear up and head out for the state’s famed gun deer season, officially starting Saturday, Nov. 18 and running through Nov. 26, 2023. Wisconsin is a nationally-recognized state for hunting white-tailed deer with an abundant herd and a proven reputation for producing some of the largest bucks in the world. Nothing beats this unique hunting experience for all levels to find their adventure afield. ”Hunters’ goals are as diverse as the Wisconsin landscape. Some enjoy the challenge of pursuing a specific deer, while others find fulfillment in providing wild-sourced meat for themselves,

Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) has taken steps to bring clarity to the credentialing process for future Nursing Home Administrators at a time when the nursing home sector continues to face staffing concerns. A University of Michigan School of Public Health study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds no segment of healthcare has lost as many workers as nursing homes since the start of the pandemic. Employment at nursing homes is 10.5% below pre-pandemic levels compared to 3.3% for hospitals and 1.6% for physician offices, according to the study.