This Aging and Disability Resource Month and Older Americans Month, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is highlighting a statewide campaign to increase awareness of and improve access to ADRCs (aging and disability resource centers) and Tribal partner agencies. The campaign directs customers to new and improved ways to

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the 2025 Spring Hearing questions and results are now available.  Just over 9,000 people responded to the 2025 Spring Hearing questionnaire either in person on April 14 or online from April 14 to 16. Questions included topics ranging from fishing bag limit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the House Agriculture Committee’s budget reconciliation bill: “Transparency, sustainability, accountability: these are the three things this bill delivers for the American people. Every SNAP dollar fraudulently spent is a dollar that does not go

Madison, Wis. – Child care providers, educators, parents, and community members from across the state will remain at the state Capitol today as they continue the “State Without Child Care” rally to demand the restoration of  the $480 million in funding for wages in the 2025-27 biennial state budget. “While

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Delafield Police Department announced that Terrion D. Walker, 31, of Milwaukee, Wis., was charged with one count of first-degree reckless homicide for his connection with a fentanyl-related overdose death that occurred in Hartland in 2024.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including firing lead experts that could be helping Milwaukee Public Schools

The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives just concluded its markup of their portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill. The bill as it currently stands would cut $715 billion from the Medicaid program over the next 10 years and result in 13.7 million people losing

Madison – Yesterday, Representative Billings worked with the Wisconsin Historical Society to feature a display of select items from the historical society’s Hmong Heritage exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda. This display commemorated 50 years of Hmong people in Wisconsin. Representative Billings released the following statement: “The Hmong people have resided

Madison, Wis – During Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hearing on the Line 5 relocation project, several Wisconsin labor leaders, tribal members and representatives from Wisconsin-based Michels corporation pushed for approval of the Enbridge Line 5 relocation project.  The diverse coalition of supporters testifying at the virtual

Madison – Child care providers, parents, and advocates from across Wisconsin gathered at the Capitol ahead of yesterday’s Assembly session, sounding the alarm on the urgent crisis facing early childhood education. Speakers from child care centers detailed the consequences of Republican lawmakers stripping critical child care funding from the Governor’s budget—teachers

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MADISON, Wis. — A new article from Heartland Signal on Tuesday highlighted the crisis Wisconsinites could face if the Trump Administration and Republicans make devastating cuts to Medicaid. Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites could lose their health care coverage, putting vulnerable individuals at risk. Wisconsin Republicans like Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden have

Yesterday, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee held a markup hearing on its proposal to cut at least $715 billion in federal spending from Medicaid—the largest proposed cuts to the program in history.  The scale of these cuts would blow holes in state budgets and force Wisconsin to reduce

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced over $4 million in Wisconsin Employment Transportation Assistance Program (WETAP) grants for organizations across 54 Wisconsin counties to expand access to employment-related transportation opportunities and promote Wisconsinites’ ability to enter and remain successful in the

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee is taking its first step on proposed efforts to cut at least $715 B from Medicaid over the next 10 years—which would be the largest Medicaid cut in the health program’s 60 year history—and weaken the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill would lead

Yesterday, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee began a mark-up hearing on its proposal to cut at least $715 billion in federal spending from Medicaid. The initial Congressional Budget Office estimates this proposal will result in at least 13.7 million people losing health coverage. The facts are that this

MADISON ­– Last week, five members of the Wisconsin State Legislature mailed a letter to U.S. Representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-CD5) to publicly condemn his support of House Republicans’ recent budget bill and urged him to take swift action against the proposed legislation. The authors of the letter include State Reps.

MADISON, Wis. — In a major step forward for economic development in Northwest Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers has issued a letter of support for designating Douglas County as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), following advocacy from State Representative Angela Stroud (D-Ashland). Representative Stroud wrote to the Governor earlier this

Family Governed Southeastern Waukesha County Inc, a not-for-profit corporation is a collective of innovative families who have come together with the commitment to assuring that our adult children with disabilities (self-advocates) live healthy, safe, andcommunity-based lives. Our young adults rely on Medicaid to meet their healthcare needs and to receive

Medicaid is critical for people with disabilities and older adults, providing them with necessary health care and the support to live and work in their communities. The House Energy & Commerce Committee held a markup hearing yesterday on proposals that threaten to undermine the very foundation of Medicaid. These proposals