Preserve Our Parks (POP), the primary non-profit advocacy group for Milwaukee County parks, today urged Gov. Tony Evers to oppose a plan to provide financial support to the Milwaukee Brewers for maintenance of American Family Field. POP advocated for dedicated funding for parks in the last biennial budget of the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, spoke on the House Floor against H.R.4368 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. The bill guts USDA, slashing funding to a level not seen since

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep Mike Gallagher (R-WI) applauded the launch of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial Foundation’s twenty-two-day campaign entitled, “Help Design History.” The campaign allows every American to “Help Design History” by filling out a survey to provide input on how the Global War on Terrorism Memorial should take shape. This design approach

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 26, 2023) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that the new, updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2023-2024 season are now available at Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations across the Midwest. At this time, Hy-Vee is offering the updated COVID-19 vaccines to individuals ages 12+. Individuals can save time by scheduling

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined the Federal Trade Commission and 16 state attorneys general in suing Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power.

MADISON, Wis. — Legal action filed this week by watchdog group American Oversight seeks to ensure Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos can no longer pursue in secret his unpopular impeachment scheme against Justice Janet Protasiewicz.  The action notes that the public has the right – under Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law – to

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) led the entire Wisconsin Congressional delegation on legislation to designate the U.S. Post Office located on Fremont Street in Kiel as the “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”. Grothman is joined by Representatives Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Derrick Van Orden

MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, watchdog group American Oversight filed a lawsuit against Robin Vos’ secret panel investigating impeachment, alleging the panel violates Wisconsin’s Open Meetings law by convening behind closed doors. After the circus of the sham Gableman investigation, it’s no surprise that Vos wants to keep his latest partisan investigation under wraps.

Madison, WI – Today, State Representative David Steffen (R-Howard) and State Senator  Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R-Appleton) testified in favor of a proposal they jointly authored that  would allow absentee voters to receive text message updates on the status of their ballot.   Senate Bill 39, a bipartisan bill supported by a host

Madison, WI – This afternoon, Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Family Action, and Pro-Life Wisconsin held a press conference in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Parlor, to call on District Attorneys in Dane and Milwaukee Counties to enforce the state abortion statute, 940.04.  Planned Parenthood has illegally resumed performing abortions at

(Madison) – On Monday, September 18, 2023, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed the provision of “abortion services” at its facilities in Madison and Milwaukee, even though a state law banning abortion is currently in effect. The district attorneys of Milwaukee and Dane counties, John Chisholm and Ismael Ozanne, respectively, are

MADISON – Today, Wisconsin Family Action participated in a press conference that called on Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne to do their job and enforce the law that protects Wisconsin’s future by prohibiting most abortions. The conference, organized by Wisconsin Right to Life,

Madison, WI –With incidents of elder abuse on the rise, Senator Patrick Testin (Stevens Point) and Representative John Macco (Ledgeview) have reintroduced legislation to help victims get justice. By allowing for expedited hearings and the ability to preserve testimony through a video-taped court hearing, the bill aims to reduce stress

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin has launched a new ad highlighting Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s support for the extreme policies that are fueling the possibility of a government shutdown at the end of the month. Republicans in Congress are demanding devastating budget cuts that will hurt working families in Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. — As Republicans politicians in Congress continue lurching toward a government shutdown, more than 90,000 Wisconsinites who rely on vital nutrition assistance from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) could soon start being turned away at grocery store counters — including 18,466 women, 53,500 children,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation to ensure that first responders and other essential community members have access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs, like naloxone. The legislation, the Safe Response Act, invests in a

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was recently notified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Washburn County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). This positive result is within 10 miles of the