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December 16, 2025 (Madison) On December 5, Danielle Schroder of the Milwaukee-based MacGillis Law Group, LLC took the reins of the Wisconsin Association for Justice (WAJ), Wisconsin’s trial lawyers association. She will serve as president for 2026. It is the culmination
MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson issued the following statement regarding the passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: “Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds Congress for passing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. This
“A bunch of old hippies.” That was the derisive term used by some to describe 2025’s massive protests of Trump administration policies.
In the fall of 2020, as Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were locked in a high-stakes competition for the presidency, Wisconsin ranked as the ultimate battleground state.
Our governor made sure it won’t be a possibility coming our way any time soon, vetoing a bill to exempt new cigar bars from the state’s public smoking ban.
That so many inexcusable things have happened since Trump was re-elected does not somehow make his heartlessness any less vomitous. Dancing on someone’s grave isn’t cute.
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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday announced a special committee that will do a comprehensive review of the state DOJ’s “operations, priorities and external influences” affecting the agency. DOJ spokesperson Riley Vetterkind called the move an “obviously partisan stunt” and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after the House passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: “I championed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act from the start because it’s a straightforward, bipartisan solution
MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer, and WisDems Chair Devin Remiker joined small business owners from Main Street Action to address the impacts of the GOP’s ACA cuts and Tom Tiffany’s health care
In a Dec. 15 interview with WisPolitics, Kaul ticked off a series of improvements at the labs, from a new one opening in Milwaukee next year to using better tests and upgrading information mechanisms.
Madison… Senator Cory Tomczyk (R-Mosinee) released the following statement after being named Vice-Chair of the newly formed Special Committee on Oversight of the Wisconsin Department of Justice: “I am honored to be named Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Oversight
DANE COUNTY – Dane County Executive Melissa Agard today announced that Dane County will receive $100,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Byrne Statewide Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) to expand services for victims of gun violence and support community-driven violence
December 16, 2025 (Madison) On December 5, Danielle Schroder of the Milwaukee-based MacGillis Law Group, LLC took the reins of the Wisconsin Association for Justice (WAJ), Wisconsin’s trial lawyers association. She will serve as president for 2026. It is the culmination of several years of service to the organization as a
MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson issued the following statement regarding the passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: “Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds Congress for passing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. This bipartisan effort restores the ability of schools to serve whole
“A bunch of old hippies.” That was the derisive term used by some to describe 2025’s massive protests of Trump administration policies.
In the fall of 2020, as Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were locked in a high-stakes competition for the presidency, Wisconsin ranked as the ultimate battleground state.
Our governor made sure it won’t be a possibility coming our way any time soon, vetoing a bill to exempt new cigar bars from the state’s public smoking ban.
That so many inexcusable things have happened since Trump was re-elected does not somehow make his heartlessness any less vomitous. Dancing on someone’s grave isn’t cute.
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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday announced a special committee that will do a comprehensive review of the state DOJ’s “operations, priorities and external influences” affecting the agency. DOJ spokesperson Riley Vetterkind called the move an “obviously partisan stunt” and argued the Legislature should be “helping to address affordability, keep
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after the House passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: “I championed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act from the start because it’s a straightforward, bipartisan solution that gets real, nutritious milk back into our schools and
MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer, and WisDems Chair Devin Remiker joined small business owners from Main Street Action to address the impacts of the GOP’s ACA cuts and Tom Tiffany’s health care record. Right now, Republican politicians in D.C. like Tom Tiffany
In a Dec. 15 interview with WisPolitics, Kaul ticked off a series of improvements at the labs, from a new one opening in Milwaukee next year to using better tests and upgrading information mechanisms.
Madison… Senator Cory Tomczyk (R-Mosinee) released the following statement after being named Vice-Chair of the newly formed Special Committee on Oversight of the Wisconsin Department of Justice: “I am honored to be named Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Oversight of the Wisconsin Department of Justice. This committee was established
DANE COUNTY – Dane County Executive Melissa Agard today announced that Dane County will receive $100,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Byrne Statewide Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) to expand services for victims of gun violence and support community-driven violence prevention efforts. The grant, awarded through the Wisconsin Department of