The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), alongside the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a federal lawsuit against the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA), Ocean County and Evesham Township on behalf of Earle Asphalt Company, a transportation contractor. The lawsuit challenges unconstitutional mandates that force contractors to meet rigid race and sex-based hiring quotas as well

Bill comes as avian flu has killed 11 million birds in Wisconsin since 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to prevent transmission of wildlife diseases like avian flu and chronic wasting disease between wildlife, livestock, and humans. The Wildlife Health Coordination and Zoonotic Disease Prevention Act increases

RACINE, WI – Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced Racine veteran Sister Linda “Sister Sarge” McClenahan as the recipient of the First Congressional District’s 2025 Veteran of the Year Award.  First Congressional District 2026 Veteran of the Year Award Winner: Linda McClenahan  Sgt. McClenahan, nicknamed “Sister Sarge,” grew up in California, and planned to join a

DANE COUNTY – Dane County Executive Melissa Agard announced today the addition of Lacy Fox to her Executive Office staff. Fox most-recently served as Government Affairs Director for Dane County. Fox is a native of northcentral Wisconsin, and has lived in Dane County for nearly 20 years. She holds a Master

New statewide transfer agreement offers a seamless, affordable route from technical college to teacher licensure Green Bay, Wis.— Aspiring educators across Wisconsin now have a clearer, more affordable pathway to becoming licensed teachers, thanks to a new statewide articulation agreement between the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and participating institutions within

MADISON, Wis. — On Wednesday, April 29th, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision to strip protections from the Voting Rights Act which, since 1965, has protected racial minorities from discriminatory redistricting. Representative Randy Udell (D-47th District) released the following statement: “This week, the Supreme Court shredded the

PETA is celebrating the great news that nearly 1,500 beagles will never be sold to laboratories to be caged, injected, infected, cut up, and killed, and we’re grateful to Big Dog Ranch Rescue and Center for a Humane Economy, and all the activists and organizations, for their work to get

Wisconsin’s oldest Black newspaper and Milwaukee radio station placed in employee benefit trust, ensuring independent Black media ownership in perpetuity MILWAUKEE, WI — The Milwaukee Courier and 101.7 The Truth are now united under the Milwaukee Black Media Trust, a new community ownership structure that ensures these historic Black media institutions will remain

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Supervisor Sky Z. Capriolo recently served as moderator for a featured leadership panel at the Wisconsin Women in Government 2026 Scholarship & Recognition event in Madison, highlighting women in public service.   The bipartisan panel brought together Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman, and State

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded passage of a long-awaited new five-year Farm Bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote of 224-200. WCMA released this statement from Rebekah Sweeney, WCMA Senior Director of Programs & Policy: “The House passage of a new five-year Farm Bill marks an important step forward for

MADISON, Wis.—Amy B. Bogost, President of the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and Chris Patton, Executive-in-Charge of the Universities of Wisconsin, have appointed a 23-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW–Madison chancellor. Regent Bogost will chair the Search and Screen Committee. Annie Jones, Professor, Division

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced the following information for Wisconsin’s labor market, reflecting March 2026 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander has been appointed Chair of the Committee on Personnel, marking her first appointment as a standing committee chair.  Supervisor Alexander brings over a decade of public service experience at the county, state, and local levels to the role.  She has previously served as vice chair of several committees and is

Constituents Can Nominate a Local Neighbor Who Makes an Unsung Difference for Recognition  Madison – Today, State Senator Sarah Keyeski (D-Lodi) announced an opportunity to advance the Governor’s “Year of the Neighbor” by nominating a fellow constituent of Senate District 14 to be recognized for their unassuming acts of kindness

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent the names of two candidates to President Donald Trump for consideration to serve as U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. The candidates, Peter J. Smyczek for the Eastern District and Chadwick M. Elgersma

MADISON, Wis. — This morning, Representatives Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden voted for the Farm Bill that did not restore devastating cuts to food assistance programs that are already taking food away from Wisconsin families. The House Farm Bill does nothing to reverse the $187 billion in SNAP cuts enacted through last year’s Republican

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the White House to recommend two Wisconsinites for consideration to be U.S. attorney for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. The candidates, Peter Smyczek and Chadwick Elgersma, were recommended to the senators by the bipartisan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Derrick Van Orden released the following statement after the House passage of the Farm Bill: “Agriculture is the cornerstone of Wisconsin and the backbone of our nation. From dairy farms to multi-generational family operations, our farmers don’t just feed our state, they feed America and sustain the strength