MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in a video message to Wisconsinites, announced he’s directing $170 million in emergency funding to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) to continue the Child Care Counts Stabilization Payment Program at current levels through June 2025. While the emergency stopgap measure does not meet the

MADISON – Today, Representative Alex Joers and Senator Dianne Hesselbein circulated a proposal to close the ghost gun loophole to keep Wisconsinites safe. On September 19, 2018, the Middleton community fell victim to this loophole when a gunman opened fire in a local workplace. Despite the fact that the gunman

Madison – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) introduction the Educational Reform Bill Package on Monday. Her office issued the following statement: “Given the fractures that have deepened between parents, teachers, and school districts over the past few years, Rep. Dittrich along with Senators Knodl and Quinn introduced a dual focus

MADISON – Today, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges adopted a substitute amendment to Governor Evers’ Special Session Bill 1, the Governor’s workforce initiatives package. Senate Democratic Leader Agard released the following statement:  “Today, Senate Republicans adopted a substitute amendment to the Governor’s special session bi… Please log

Today, Law Forward, Stafford Rosenbaum, Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, Campaign Legal Center, and Arnold & Porter filed a brief with the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to continue their efforts to obtain fair state legislative maps in Wisconsin. This response is after the Wisconsin Supreme Court took jurisdiction

MADISON, Wis. — According to recent news reports, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is a confirmed speaker for the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy’s 2023 National Lawyers Convention next month. Rebecca Bradley has long ties to the Federalist Society, an extreme group that seeks to exert dangerous right-wing influence on courts

GREEN BAY, Wis., Oct. 16, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development Roger Glendenning today announced the Department is partnering with eight Native Community Development Financial Institutions (NCDFIs) to expand homeownership opportunities for Native Americans living on Tribal lands in eight states. In the Midwest,

Contact: Dan Adams for Milwaukee Works, Inc.414-921-1945, Dan@DefenseWisconsin.com Milwaukee, WI – “This past weekend, nationally-renown Public Policy Polling (PPP) surveyed a huge sample – 1,347 Wisconsin voters – about the stadium subsidy plan. The results are crystal clear: voters overwhelmingly oppose a stadium subsidy on a bipartisan basis. Only 29%

MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that multimillionaire California bank owner Eric Hovde (R–Laguna Beach) has missed voting in 17 of the last 30 elections. Hovde missed voting in crucial Wisconsin elections, including the 2019 Supreme Court race, which was decided by only 5,981 votes, and

Madison, WI – Representative Angie Sapik is proud to honor and nominate Grantsburg Fire Chief Cory Barnette for the prestigious 2023 First Responder of the Year award. Chief Barnette’s exceptional bravery and selflessness, showcased during a recent incident, have proven him invaluable to the community. In the early morning of

Public Health Madison & Dane County launched a new Dane County Respiratory Illness Dashboard. The agency designed the dashboard to help people track the latest trends in COVID-19, flu, RSV, and more during the winter respiratory season. “Our COVID-19 dashboard has been immensely popular and we hope this new data

Keep Our Republic is proud to announce its upcoming hyper-localized community engagement seminar aimed to educate the La Crosse-area community on Wisconsin’s election process. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 25, 6:30 pm CT at La Crosse County Administrative Center in La Crosse.  This seminar will feature county

Veolia North America (VNA) recently released its annual Sustainability Report, featuring the results of Veolia’s program to set ambitious sustainability goals, which allowed their clients and communities to save energy, reduce waste and preserve precious natural resources.   This report features the results of the company’s various programs and initiatives, showcasing the

Madison, WI – Today, the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges voted to gut Governor Evers’ special session bill to expand Wisconsin’s workforce and fund Child Care Counts. As the ranking Democrat on the committee, State Senator Brad Pfaff (D – Onalaska) released the following statement: “Last week, we

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a group of colleagues called on President Biden to take quick action to ensure Israel has the munitions it needs, including Iron Dome interceptors. The senators noted that the conflict could expand and that Israel may need additional munitions. The senators urged

Madison – The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) is partnering with law enforcement agencies across the state this Halloween to closely monitor sex offenders on probation or parole. The DOC conducts these operations annually to ensure the safety of children participating in Halloween activities. During these operations, teams of DOC probation

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) today announced the state of Wisconsin ended Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 with a positive balance of $7.07 billion—eclipsing last year’s record-breaking $4.3 billion balance. In addition, the state maintained its ‘rainy day’ fund (Budget Stabilization Fund) at a record-high $1.8 billion, according to the new Annual

STEVENS POINT, Wis—State Representative Katrina Shankland announced today her campaign has raised over $100,000 in the first two weeks of her campaign for Wisconsin’s third congressional district. “Our pro-worker, pro-democracy, and pro-reproductive freedom campaign has been gaining momentum since day one,” said Shankland. “I’m so proud of the outpouring of

MILWAUKEE – The ACLU of Wisconsin announced that it will continue to push for systemic equality for historically excluded communities by launching its Know Your Rights tour throughout the City of Milwaukee, beginning in November.  The series of events, which will be hosted with community partners, aims to empower Black