Wisconsin Bankers Foundation: Announces 2026 grant awards

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Bankers Foundation (WBF) has awarded six grants to nonprofit organizations advancing financial education initiatives across Wisconsin. The mission of the WBF, the non-profit arm of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, is to promote financial literacy and capability

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Rep. Udell: Federal broadband non-deployment funding withheld again

MADISON, WI. — The future for $21 billion in federal non-deployment broadband funds remains unknown as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration misses its “end of summer” guidance deadline. Representative Randy Udell (D-47th District) released the following statement: “This week

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Kids Win Wisconsin: Our kids deserve a plan, accountability and results

MADISON, Wis. — Kids Win Wisconsin Founder and CEO Brittany Kinser released the following statement following today’s State of Education Address: “I walked into today’s State of Education Address hopeful. I walked out deeply disappointed. I expected to hear about the state of education in Wisconsin. What are our student

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PreserveMKE: Could the state of Wisconsin save the Milwaukee Public Museum?

PreserveMKE urges state and county leaders to explore a preservation alternative before Milwaukee’s historic museum is dismantled or redeveloped MILWAUKEE, Wis. — September 23, 2026 — Earlier this year, representatives of PreserveMKE met with State Representative Russell Goodwin to discuss the preservation of the Milwaukee Public Museum. PreserveMKE is a

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A Better Wisconsin Together: ICYMI: Ultra-wealthy tech bro and Elon Musk contemporary joins MAGA billionaires’ attempt to buy Wisconsin government for GOP

MADISON, Wis. — A right-wing, big-tech contemporary of Elon Musk, Scott Bannister, has opened up his checkbook in solidarity with the handful of MAGA billionaires who have, according to the last publicly available information, poured more than $35 million into an unprecedented, blatant effort to buy a Wisconsin government that

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WisDems: Lieutenant Governor candidate Sarah Godlewski visits La Crosse to hear how high gas and diesel prices are impacting seniors due to Congressman Tom Tiffany’s votes for the war in Iran

MADISON, Wis. — As Wisconsin continues to see record-setting gas and diesel price increases across the state as a result of MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany’s five votes for Trump’s war-of-choice in Iran, candidate for Lieutenant Governor Sarah Godlewski is touring the state to hear how seniors in Wisconsin on fixed

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Weekly Dem radio address: Gov. Evers delivers radio address, celebrates National Good Neighbor Day during the Year of the Neighbor

Hey there, folks! Governor Tony Evers here.  Kathy and I have lived all over Wisconsin—from growing up in Sheboygan County to Oakfield, Oshkosh, Tomah, Verona, and Madison.   But no matter where we went, what made every community we called home special was the people who lived there.   Wisconsinites are one-of-a-kind. We’re helpers by nature; it’s who we are!  When things are

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Dept. of Public Instruction: State Superintendent Dr. Underly delivers 2026 State of Education Address, urges change in school funding

Celebrates education’s role in democracy, warns of consequences of decades of underfunding, and calls on Wisconsin to demand change  MADISON — Celebrating the foundational role public education has played in America’s 250 years of democracy, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today called on Wisconsinites to come together in support of

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Wisconsin Bankers Foundation: Announces 2026 grant awards

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Bankers Foundation (WBF) has awarded six grants to nonprofit organizations advancing financial education initiatives across Wisconsin. The mission of the WBF, the non-profit arm of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, is to promote financial literacy and capability through education, scholarships, grants, and research. The grants will be

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GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin: Western Wisconsin residents demand end to data center tax exemption co-authored by Rep. Shannon Zimmerman

100+ western Wisconsin residents gathered at “No Blank Checks for Big Tech” in River Falls on Wednesday River Falls, Wis.. —  More than one hundred residents from across western Wisconsin gathered at Veterans Park in River Falls Wednesday evening to demand an end to Wisconsin’s state sales-and-use-tax exemption for qualified

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Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin: Underly’s State of Education Address follows failed results

MADISON, WI — As State Superintendent Jill Underly delivers her 2026 State of Education Address, Americans for Prosperity–Wisconsin (AFP–WI) called on her to account for declining standards, stalled reading results, and the widest racial student achievement gap in the country. AFP-WI State Director Megan Novak released the following statement:  “Wisconsin families

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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce: Releases urgent questions for Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

MADISON — Today, Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jill Underly, will deliver her sixth State of Education Address. Since becoming State Superintendent, Underly has repeatedly requested massive education spending increases. At a time when families are demanding accountability and better results from public institutions, taxpayers deserve answers before being

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Rep. Udell: Federal broadband non-deployment funding withheld again

MADISON, WI. — The future for $21 billion in federal non-deployment broadband funds remains unknown as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration misses its “end of summer” guidance deadline. Representative Randy Udell (D-47th District) released the following statement: “This week marks the official end of summer, meaning the NTIA has

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Dept. of Public Instruction: State Superintendent Dr. Underly to call for urgent action to fix Wisconsin’s school funding system

Event takes place today at noon at the Wisconsin State Capitol; livestream available via WisconsinEye  MADISON — In her sixth State of Education Address this afternoon, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly will celebrate public schools’ foundational role in building strong communities and engaged citizens, while calling on Wisconsinites to come

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