MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today announced that two school counseling programs have been awarded the highest honor in the state for exemplary school counseling programs. Earlier this month, in collaboration with the Wisconsin School Counselor Association, the DPI named school counselors Lisa Gretz and Michelle Mokrzycki (Little Chute

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tommie L. Haney, 44, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced February 20 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of both methamphetamine

MADISON, Wis. — This week, Republicans in Madison unveiled a series of discriminatory bills aimed at singling out and harming transgender Wisconsinites, and particularly transgender youth. Most recently, legislative Republicans circulated a bill that would ban all gender-affirming health care for Wisconsinites under the age of 18. The Wisconsin Legislative

Last night, the U.S. House passed its Budget Resolution, which commits the House to the funding cut targets included in the resolution – $2 Trillion in total cuts, and a minimum of $880 Billion cuts assigned to the committee that oversees Medicaid. Now committees will start the process of deciding what

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) secured another significant victory for true equality in a new ruling from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals against the Evers Administration, which runs a racially discriminatory scholarship program called the “Minority Undergraduate Retention Program.” Most Wisconsin students are excluded from the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025 to build on their work to safeguard rural communities and protect American farmland from being secretly bought up by foreign investors. The bipartisan legislation will build on a Baldwin-Grassley law to ensure that

Washington County, WI – The Republican Party of Washington County has elected Laura Jones as its new Chair and Bill Brewer as Vice Chair, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the party. Jones, a dedicated conservative organizer with years of experience in grassroots activism, campaign strategy, and

WAUKESHA, Wisc. – Susan Crawford is spiraling out of control and she can’t keep up with her own lies anymore. In a bizarre PBS interview, Susan Crawford seemingly “forgot” everything she once bragged about. A quick Google search might help Susan Crawford remember that she was the lead attorney who attempted to

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement in response to the passage of the FY25 Budget Resolution. “House Republicans delivered on key promises to the American people by passing this Budget Resolution. We took decisive action towards our goals of extending the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts to

WAUKESHA, Wisc. – Today, the Wisconsin REALTORS®  Association, the largest real estate trade association in the state, has endorsed Judge Brad Schimel in his bid to save Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. As Judge Schimel continues to build momentum, this latest endorsement is further proof of Schimel’s growing bipartisan support across the state. “Earning

Derrick Van Orden and House Republicans just passed a far-right budget resolution that will rip away health care coverage and affordable food for millions of American families, all so they can fund massive tax breaks for their billionaire backers and wealthy corporations.  In WI-03 alone, this dangerous vote risks health

MADISON, Wis. – Tonight, Congressmen Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil voted in favor of a budget resolution that green-lights serious cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other critical programs. With their support, the budget process will move forward in Congress and President Trump has joined Republicans in Congress in demanding

WISCONSIN – Tonight, every Republican lawmaker from Wisconsin in the House of Representatives voted for a budget resolution that includes slashing Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. This budget resolution opens the door for Republicans to achieve their

MADISON, Wis. — Tonight, Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil joined House Republicans in passing a budget resolution that calls for $2 trillion in cuts—including as much as $880 billion from Medicaid. While Republicans like Derrick Van Orden continue to insist that they are not cutting billions from Medicaid, the size of the

With federal funding for many nonprofits uncertain, donations during The Big Share are even more urgently needed. Madison, WI – “It’s no exaggeration to say that the values and issues advocated by Community Shares of Wisconsin and our member nonprofits are under attack by our new federal administration. With the