Students from 13 high schools across the state will compete in the Wisconsin Civics Games state finals — presented by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation — on Friday, May 12, in Madison. Fifteen teams, each comprising up to four students, will face off in head-to-head matchups, answering questions about the

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has demanded communications and records from accounting firm KPMG LLP regarding its audits of three failed banks—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. According to reports, KPMG issued clean audits for each bank in the weeks before the banks

MADISON, Wis., – La Follette School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Lauren Schmitz and her team of researchers were recently awarded a prestigious National Institute on Aging R01 grant for their work on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health.  The project, “Adversity, Aging and ADRD Risk among the

Madison – Representative Shae Sortwell (R-Gibson) released the following statement today regarding the circulation of bipartisan election reform legislation, co-authored with Representatives Ortiz-Velez (D-Milwaukee) and Goeben (R-Hobart) and Senators Cabral- Guevara (R-Appleton), Taylor (D-Milwaukee), and Jacque (R-De Pere): “There has been a lot of contention about elections from both sides

Madison, WI — State Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay), issued the following statement after a unanimous Joint Committee on Finance vote to provide $7 million to support the next generation of Wisconsin’s mental health professionals: “I’m happy to have joined Senators Felzkowski and Testin in putting forward a real plan to tackle

WISCONSIN–MAY 4–Statement from Tanya Atkinson on hearing on AG lawsuit: “Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin is grateful to Attorney General Josh Kaul for his continued leadership in fighting for reproductive freedom. Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban and legislative barriers to reproductive freedom harm the ability to provide and receive health care

Today, State Representative Scott Allen (R-Waukesha) and State Senator André Jacque (R-DePere) released LRB-4877, relating to filing a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC). This bill came about after a constituent investigated and discovered that his 103 year old mother had voted in the November 2020 election despite having

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Pedro Colón announced his candidacy for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1. He aims to succeed Court of Appeals Judge Timothy Dugan, who declared he would not be running for re-election. “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Wisconsin Court of

MADISON, Wis. – Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) released the following statement: “After several weeks of meetings and negotiations with all parties involved – Democrats, Republicans, towns, villages, cities and counties – we reached a shared revenue proposal we believe the public will support.” “It’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Democratic and Republican colleagues in introducing the Kids Online Safety Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation to protect children online and hold Big Tech accountable. “Big Tech has proven time and again that they will put profits ahead of the safety of our kids and

EDGEFIELD, S.C.—NWTF volunteers and staff joined state legislators in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Wisconsin State Assembly to witness the passage of LRB 2479/1, a joint resolution commemorating the NWTF’s 50 years of mission delivery from a both a national level and in Wisconsin. “The Wisconsin State Chapter is honored to

(WISCONSIN) –  On Tuesday, the 16 member Republican-led Joint Finance Committee (JFC) removed a total of 545 items from the Wisconsin State budget, including measures to restore access to drivers licenses for immigrants as well as in-state tuition equity for immigrant students.   Voces de la Frontera (Voces), Wisconsin’s largest grassroots immigrant rights organization,

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting comments through May 10, 2023 for a proposed experimental use permit (EUP) registration to control ticks at Fort McCoy. The EUP registration proposed by DATCP is for proprietary dissemination stations that are manufactured by BanfieldBio Inc.

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) joined a growing coalition of community organizations including Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT), Black Leaders Organizing Communities (BLOC), Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Schools and Communities United, Parents for Public Schools and the Alliance for Youth Action in opposition to a bill announced last

MADISON, Wis. — Restoring workplace freedoms for thousands of workers and increasing retirement security for employees of small businesses could have taken a step towards becoming law today. But, action earlier this week by the Republican majority on the legislature’s budget committee is preventing a vote, or even debate, on these

MILWAUKEE – The ACLU of Wisconsin today condemned AB 245 – the shared revenue proposal introduced by Republican legislators yesterday – calling it an anti-democratic attempt to force local governments to hand their power over to the state legislature in exchange for state aid. The ACLU takes particular issue with

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the University of Wisconsin (UW) Board of Regents. The governor has appointed Jim Kreuser and Evan Brenkus, in addition to reappointing Regent Joan M. Prince. These appointments fill the vacancies created by the expiration of two former appointees’ terms on

MADISON – The WMC Litigation Center – an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the combined state chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association – announced on Monday its expansion as Nathan Kane joined the organization as Deputy Director.  Nathan Kane is a 2022 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law