GREEN BAY | MADISON | MILWAUKEE | MINNEAPOLIS – Today, DeWitt LLP law firm announced six of its attorneys have been included in the final rankings for the 2025 edition of IP STARS, the leading specialist guide for companies or individuals looking for experienced legal practitioners to deal with contentious and non-contentious intellectual property issues.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Tony Wied (R-WI) and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help improve the quantity of our nation’s blood supply and streamline the opening of new blood centers. “At a time when our nation’s blood supply has reached a critical low, we must do everything we

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) introduced legislation to award President Donald J. Trump the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his unprecedented record of achieving peace and ending wars around the world — including his most recent success in securing a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas that brought

Democrats are in open revolt and Rebecca Cooke and Emily Berge can’t decide whether they stand with so-called “leader” Hakeem Jeffries or the far-left radical socialists now calling the shots. As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders publicly shame Jeffries for not endorsing their radical ally Zohran Mamdani, the question for every Democrat running in 2026

MADISON – Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Oconto) and Representative Robert Wittke (R-Caledonia) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) released Report 25-24, revealing shortcomings in how the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) collects, processes, and addresses annual financial reports for school districts across Wisconsin: “Even as it distributes…

JUNEAU, Wis. — Dodge County Assistant District Attorney Shawn Woller today announced his candidacy for Dodge County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 1, seeking to succeed the Honorable Judge Brian Pfitzinger, who will retire at the end of his term in 2026 and has endorsed Woller to serve as his successor. Woller

MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, as part of a bipartisan group of legislators, Representative Kalan Haywood (D-Milwaukee) introduced LRB-4723/1, which would bring Wisconsin in alignment with 39 other states that have legal sports wagering. The bill excludes a sports wager conducted under certain conditions to be excluded from the statutory definition of a

MADISON, WI –. On October 15th, Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction informed school districts across the state of the upcoming changes to general aid funding. The unfortunate reality of this news was that over 70% of our state’s school districts will be losing crucial funding due to state Republicans mishandling of the

EAGLE, Wis. – Get ready to whisk up some holiday magic! Old World Wisconsin is calling all bakers, builders and history lovers to join the 2025 Gingerbread House Contest during their annual Home for the Holidays celebration this December.  Transform Wisconsin’s rich history into something sweet by creating a gingerbread

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that 177 endangered native spectaclecase mussels were released into the Chippewa River as part of an effort to reestablish a reproducing population. The spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta) was once considered extirpated from the Chippewa River due to habitat degradation

We have evaluated the efforts of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to monitor the financial information of certain educational entities, including school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools in Wisconsin’s Parental Choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program (SNSP). We focused our evaluation primarily on DPI’s

Student achievement and other factors determine whether public schools are eligible for transfer into the program. Statutes include separate eligibility criteria for Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and all other school districts. No schools have been transferred into the program to date. No MPS schools were transferred into the program for

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds trappers to prepare for the opening of many furbearer trapping seasons across the state. Wisconsin is home to many furbearer species, and the state’s highly regulated trapping seasons play an important role in the DNR’s efforts to sustainably manage those

Milwaukee County’s proposed 2026 budget avoids position cuts and service reductions in most departments, but it also shows significant cracks in the county’s recent budget stability. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley’s proposal calls for a fare increase and significant spending cuts for transit riders and notable cuts for behavioral health

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has entered a final judgment imposing approximately $25.6 million in restitution and an equal civil monetary penalty against Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner,

WAUTOMA, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting a death investigation that occurred in the Township of Wautoma, Wis. on the evening of Thursday, October 16, 2025. At approximately 5:25 p.m., a deputy with the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office and a trooper

WAUSAU, WI – Today, the entire Wisconsin Republican congressional delegation, including Tom Tiffany (WI-07), sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers urging him to end his opposition to the new Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Wisconsin families need approval from Governor Evers to participate in the new program, and Evers thus far

Wauwatosa, WI – Brittany Kinser, 2025 candidate for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction and current CEO of Kids Win Wisconsin released the following statement in response to a Capital Times investigation which revealed over 200 cases of sexual misconduct and grooming of children were shielded from the public. Wisconsin’s children were betrayed by the very

MADISON, WIS. – Many Wisconsin school districts are struggling to comply with Act 20, a literacy law mandating science-based reading instruction, according to a recent Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) report and an open records investigation by nonprofit advocacy group Forward Literacy. The DPI submitted its required Literacy Coaching Report

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul secured a preliminary injunction continuing the temporary block of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from acting on its demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. This July, AG Kaul and a coalition of