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Read more about Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s bill that was signed into law by President Trump here or see excerpts below: Van Orden’s veteran home loan protection bill becomes lawNoah HodgesNews8000July 30, 2025 Legislation authored by Congressman Derrick Van Orden to protect
The Milwaukee 7 Regional Partnership wants to put a greater emphasis on biotech companies and other manufacturers as it develops its next five-year plan. Rebecca Gries, executive director for M7, shared an update on the group’s efforts during this week’s
[Madison, WI] – State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) is demanding that Canada face real consequences for sending wildfire smoke across our border and choking out Wisconsin communities. “People in northern Wisconsin are fed up with waking up to hazy skies and
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person for the August meeting to consider proposed rulemaking documents and other matters. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 in public meeting room G09, State
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) invites the public to review and share comments on the agency’s 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan. The ADA Transition Plan shares information on WisDOT’s efforts to continually improve accessibility throughout the
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Tonight, Opportunity Wisconsin will host a town hall event in Prairie du Chien to raise awareness of the Republican Tax Law and its devastating cuts to healthcare, SNAP, and more. Congressman Mark Pocan will headline the
She’s death on “unelected bureaucrats.” What’s that all about?
Let’s not fear open processes. Let’s welcome it. Let’s create space for new voices and unexpected ideas. Let’s allow voters — not insiders — to choose.
Americans demand more from the government than they are willing to pay for, year after year. That translates to a debt bomb. Look around at your children and grandchildren. They will inherit our bomb.
America flourishes when Americans are willing to let go of yesterday and can’t wait for tomorrow to come, anxious to build something brand new. This is truly something to hope for, to plan for, to work for.
If children do not receive discipline at home, how can any adult in public be expected to check them when they misbehave?
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recommending Wisconsinites reduce their time outdoors Thursday, July 31 and into Friday, Aug. 1 due to ongoing air quality advisories resulting from Canadian wildfire smoke. Canadian wildfire smoke will continue
When systemic manipulation rewrites who is thanked for doing the real work.
Justifying these cuts as a way to redirect funds from climate-related “social agendas” that conservatives have ridiculed for decades is simply negligent in every sense of the word.
Contact: Peg Sheaffer, MEA Communications Director, psheaffer@midwestadvocates.org Judges affirm accountability for officials who violate the law and reject former natural resources official’s argument that text messages are not records Madison, WI—Yesterday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District I issued a decision in Midwest Environmental
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Read more about Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s bill that was signed into law by President Trump here or see excerpts below: Van Orden’s veteran home loan protection bill becomes lawNoah HodgesNews8000July 30, 2025 Legislation authored by Congressman Derrick Van Orden to protect veterans from home foreclosure has been signed into law, establishing
The Milwaukee 7 Regional Partnership wants to put a greater emphasis on biotech companies and other manufacturers as it develops its next five-year plan. Rebecca Gries, executive director for M7, shared an update on the group’s efforts during this week’s meeting of the Milwaukee Rotary Club. The organization was founded
[Madison, WI] – State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) is demanding that Canada face real consequences for sending wildfire smoke across our border and choking out Wisconsin communities. “People in northern Wisconsin are fed up with waking up to hazy skies and hazardous air because Canada refuses to get its forest fires
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person for the August meeting to consider proposed rulemaking documents and other matters. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 in public meeting room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster Street, Madison,
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) invites the public to review and share comments on the agency’s 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan. The ADA Transition Plan shares information on WisDOT’s efforts to continually improve accessibility throughout the state highway system including roadside facilities, navigability within public rights
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Tonight, Opportunity Wisconsin will host a town hall event in Prairie du Chien to raise awareness of the Republican Tax Law and its devastating cuts to healthcare, SNAP, and more. Congressman Mark Pocan will headline the town hall in Congressman Van Orden’s district. Van Orden voted
She’s death on “unelected bureaucrats.” What’s that all about?
Let’s not fear open processes. Let’s welcome it. Let’s create space for new voices and unexpected ideas. Let’s allow voters — not insiders — to choose.
Americans demand more from the government than they are willing to pay for, year after year. That translates to a debt bomb. Look around at your children and grandchildren. They will inherit our bomb.
America flourishes when Americans are willing to let go of yesterday and can’t wait for tomorrow to come, anxious to build something brand new. This is truly something to hope for, to plan for, to work for.
If children do not receive discipline at home, how can any adult in public be expected to check them when they misbehave?
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recommending Wisconsinites reduce their time outdoors Thursday, July 31 and into Friday, Aug. 1 due to ongoing air quality advisories resulting from Canadian wildfire smoke. Canadian wildfire smoke will continue to impact Wisconsin’s surface air quality over the next several
When systemic manipulation rewrites who is thanked for doing the real work.
Justifying these cuts as a way to redirect funds from climate-related “social agendas” that conservatives have ridiculed for decades is simply negligent in every sense of the word.
Contact: Peg Sheaffer, MEA Communications Director, psheaffer@midwestadvocates.org Judges affirm accountability for officials who violate the law and reject former natural resources official’s argument that text messages are not records Madison, WI—Yesterday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District I issued a decision in Midwest Environmental Advocates v. Prehn, a dispute conce… Please log in to
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