Report details threats to state forestry industries

Wisconsin’s Green Fire says the state’s $37 billion forest products sector is threatened by the loss of key tree species, “increasingly unstable” markets for forestry products and mill closures.  The nonprofit conservation group recently published its report, “Wisconsin Forests at

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U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Introduces legislation to give law-enforcement advanced less-lethal technology

Contact: Rob Wagener 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act of 2025 to ensure law enforcement departments across the country have access to the most effective less-than-lethal equipment on the market. This legislation modernizes the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) by excluding “less-than-lethal proj…

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Report details threats to state forestry industries

Wisconsin’s Green Fire says the state’s $37 billion forest products sector is threatened by the loss of key tree species, “increasingly unstable” markets for forestry products and mill closures.  The nonprofit conservation group recently published its report, “Wisconsin Forests at Risk: Engaging Wisconsinites in Another Century of Forest Conservation.” It

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Gov. Evers: Gov. Evers, WisDOT announce more than $170 million in quarterly aid payments for local roads and communities

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced municipalities across the state received more than $170 million in the third quarter of 2024 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids. Gov. Evers has made fixing Wisconsin’s roads a top priority,

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