Today,  Shae Sortwell announced his intention to run for another term in the WI State Assembly. “This session, I’ve worked on every issue from cutting income and property taxes, to eliminating your electricity bill sales tax, to fighting child traffickers, to supporting our local small businesses.” Sortwell has been tirelessly

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MADISON – The Democratic members of the Joint Committee on Finance have submitted an intervening filing in Wisconsin PTA, et al. v. Wisconsin State Assembly, et al., filed by plaintiffs challenging Wisconsin’s current school finance system. As legislative leaders named in the case, State Senators LaTonya Johnson (Milwaukee), Kelda Roys (Madison),

(Madison, WI) – The Office of Business and Entrepreneurship (OBE) at the Universities of Wisconsin has been selected by the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy to receive the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award for 2025 in the category “Legacy”.  The OBE team received the award during a ceremony with Governor Tony

Crivitz, WI — State Representative Jeff Mursau (R–Crivitz) today announced that he will seek re-election to represent Wisconsin’s 36th Assembly District, pledging to keep fighting for northern Wisconsin families, small businesses, and rural communities. “As a lifelong resident of this area, I understand the challenges families and businesses here face,” Mursau

Oak Creek Common Council unanimously approved new affordable housing subdivision OAK CREEK, WI – Today at Oak Creek City Hall, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley joined local leaders and partners to announce that the Oak Creek City Council has unanimously approved the first-ever affordable housing subdivision in a suburban community in

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As we enter the second full week of Medicaid Awareness Month, Protect Our Care is releasing new fact sheets that show how Trump and congressional Republicans’ war on health care is jeopardizing the lives of Americans of every stripe, especially women, moms, and people of color. Republicans gutted $1 trillion

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proud to join communities, organizations and individuals throughout the state in celebrating trees and forests during Forest Appreciation Week, which starts April 20, includes Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22) and concludes with Arbor Day on Friday, April 25. With multiple tree-related

Immersive Victorian lifestyle events, Beer Baron and Mother’s Day cruises, behind-the-scenes tours and more make for a historic 2026 season LAKE GENEVA, Wis. – Black Point Estate and Gardens opens for the 2026 season on May 2, welcoming visitors back to one of Wisconsin’s most storied Gilded Age landmarks. This

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is announcing a new DCI Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) canine named Granger. Granger assists with investigations around the state of Wisconsin that require the detection of electronics. “Electronic storage detection canines are a great asset to the

The recent decision by the Wisconsin Universities Board of Regents to terminate System President Jay Rothman represents a significant shift in leadership for the University of Wisconsin system. The action was taken without a public justification and without affording President Rothman an opportunity to address the Board directly. Over the

MADISON, Wis. – On behalf of the aspiring centrist political party United Wisconsin, and a cross-partisan group of Wisconsin voters, Law Forward has filed a motion for summary judgment in Dane County Circuit Court, asking the court to declare Wisconsin’s ban on fusion voting unconstitutional under the Wisconsin State Constitution. 

April 13, 2026, Madison, Wisconsin The WisDems Disability Caucus will host a gubernatorial forum on Monday, April 20th at 6:30 pm. This virtual event will give voters an opportunity to hear from candidates and ask questions related to disability issues. Missy Hughes, Rep. Francesca Hong, Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, Mandela

Iron Workers, CWA, and Machinists endorse Rebecca Cooke to flip WI-03 EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – Today, Rebecca Cooke, candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District added to her strong labor backing with endorsements from the Iron Workers Locals 383 and 512, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Wisconsin

Current approach has cost upsides, but may affect assessment accuracy, uniformity Milwaukee County municipalities may stand to benefit by working collaboratively to conduct property assessments, either with an in-house or contract assessor, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds. Milwaukee County’s 19 municipalities currently use a mix of in-house assessors

Menomonie, Wis. – A small black case rests atop a filing cabinet in Assistant Professor Kevin Dietsche’s office. He opens the case and begins strumming a ukulele. The soft music fills the office. Dietsche, an engineering technology instructor at University of Wisconsin-Stout, built the ukulele 15 years ago under the