Gov. Evers, Dept. of Workforce Development: Announce over $1.5 million in fast forward grants to help train over 700 Wisconsinites for in-demand jobs

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced over $1.5 million in worker training grants through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program to assist 19 employers in training more than 700 workers for high-demand jobs in construction, child care, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation across

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Fair Wisconsin: Responds to the veto of five anti-trans bills: “Thank you, Governor Evers, for supporting trans kids and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights”

Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, Governor Tony Evers vetoed five anti-trans bills. Following the veto ceremony, where the governor was joined by trans kids, their families, and LGBTQ+ and allied advocates from across Wisconsin, Fair Wisconsin’s Executive Director Abigail Swetz issued the following statement: “Governor Evers has shown incredible

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Gov. Evers: Keeps promise to protect LGBTQ youth, again vetoes several anti-LGBTQ bills targeting trans and gender nonconforming kids 

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility today by vetoing five anti-LGBTQ bills targeting Wisconsin’s transgender and gender nonconforming kids, making good on his promise to veto any anti-LGBTQ legislation sent to his desk that hurts LGBTQ kids and Wisconsinites. The governor vetoed the bills in a private ceremony at

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National Federation of Independent Business Wisconsin PAC: Endorses Judge Maria Lazar for the Wisconsin Supreme Court

MADISON, WI (March 31, 2026) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Wisconsin’s political action committee (PAC) announced today its endorsement of Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Maria Lazar for election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Maria Lazar is the best candidate to stop the Supreme Court’s troubling slide toward an activist branch of

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Gov. Evers, Dept. of Workforce Development: Announce over $1.5 million in fast forward grants to help train over 700 Wisconsinites for in-demand jobs

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced over $1.5 million in worker training grants through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program to assist 19 employers in training more than 700 workers for high-demand jobs in construction, child care, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation across the state. This includes training for EMTs in Winnebago County, child care workers in Milwaukee

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