Madison…The Wisconsin Builders Association selected Senator Joan Ballweg for the 2024 Friend of Housing Award for her work in the legislature to lower the cost of housing for families across Wisconsin. “I want to thank the Wisconsin Builders Association for this award and for their focus on building affordable housing,”

CAMP DOUGLAS –Wisconsin’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, known as Wisconsin Task Force 1(WI-TF1), recently returned from their first major out-of-state deployment. Sixteen members were sent to North Carolina for assistance following Hurricane Helene. “The journey to North Carolina was a little rough as we were travelling during the

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh released the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to Wisconsin this afternoon: “The investments championed by the Biden-Harris administration are transforming communities across Wisconsin. With funding for lead pipe removal and critical infrastructure projects, the administration is helping to create

MADISON, Wis. — Today, at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker luncheon, Eric Hovde announced his Hovde Plan to cut crucial programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the PACT Act, and more.  Hovde said he wants to “duplicate the budget from 2019,” which would mean huge cuts to Medicare,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH), Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), and Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen suicide prevention and mental health support for veterans. TheWhat Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act will require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to

ELECTION EXPERTS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM UW–MADISON Experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are available to provide an on-the-ground look at the key issues of election 2024, Wisconsin politics, and insight and analysis about national and state races, polling, and political communication. ELECTION EXPERTS Andrene Wright is an assistant professor

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today confirmed that tissue samples collected from one deer in Chippewa County, two deer in Jackson County and one deer in Waukesha County have tested positive for the virus that causes epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). The disease was detected after landowners

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, chair of the Wisconsin State Building Commission (SBC), today announced the Commission approved a total of $160.8 million in key projects around the state, including $50 million for 50 projects in communities across Wisconsin funded through the new Non-State Grant Program, which was created in the

MADISON, Wis. — In the final weeks of the election, WisDems will be highlighting Eric Hovde’s extreme agenda for Wisconsin, and how his policies would be disastrous for Wisconsinites. The second edition will look at Hovde’s plan to roll back our health care. Today, Hovde quadrupled down on his disastrous plan to repeal the

Madison – According to the newly released annual Domestic Violence Homicide Report, 85 people in Wisconsin lost their lives to domestic violence (DV) in 2023. End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin (End Abuse) Executive Director Monique Minkens announced the release of the report during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and as major federal funding cuts actively

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking comments on two draft items related to Wisconsin’s water management, conservation and efficiency efforts under the Great Lakes Compact. The Great Lakes Compact is an agreement among the eight Great Lake states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), both members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet introduced H.R. 9922, the Litigation Transparency Act of 2024, which requires the disclosure of parties receiving payment in civil lawsuits. In hundreds of cases every year, civil

DELAFIELD, WI: New test scores for Wisconsin K-12 schools, released this morning, are inflated, biased, and unreliable, as the Institute for Reforming Government Center for Investigative Oversight (IRG CIO) predicted yesterday in its report, “Testing Our Patience: How Wisconsin Lowered Standards, Widened the Achievement Gap, and Busted Its State Exams.” The report

[Madison, WI] – Serve Wisconsin is now accepting applications for two distinct Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grant programs. These grants are designed to help organizations recruit, train, engage, manage, and sustain volunteers. This funding is made possible through grants from AmeriCorps and the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), aimed at promoting

MADISON – Agriculture in Wisconsin continues to contribute more than $100 billion to the state’s economy each year, and the Wisconsin Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council’s (WAEWDC) newly published 2024 annual report highlights the efforts to continue future growth. The report, which was recently approved by the council and

Based on the reactions from guests at a twine-cutting ceremony, the designs of three cow sculptures on the lawn outside the new Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery cheese factory in Menomonie are spot-on. The life-size Holstein creations, made of stainless steel pipes and stainless steel sheeting, indeed have classic Wisconsin dairy cow features —

The News: The American Bar Association (ABA) removed two racial quotas from its Judicial Clerkship Program following a Title VI complaint and a judicial misconduct complaint filed by WILL earlier this year. Previously, each law school was required to “send (and underwrite the costs for) four to six law students who