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Grants to help meet demand for skilled drivers by offsetting costs of obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced that the latest round of applications for DWD’s
DATCP is proposing fee increases on livestock producers, dealers, truckers, and others. Some of the proposed fees would rise by as much as almost 1,700 percent.
There’s a reason it’s called doomscrolling and not hopescrolling. Social media algorithms favor doom over hope, lies over truth, hate over love.
Contact: DOJCommunications@doj.state.wi.us WHAT: The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) State Fire Marshal’s Office, in partnership with Mid-State Technical College and the Stevens Point Fire Department, is conducting the fifth annual certification class for Basic Fire Investigation in Stevens
With regressing attitudes towards unhoused people and winter looming, Madison and Dane County need to embrace imperfect solutions.
My fellow Republicans lose the argument when they call our political adversaries schoolyard names like “Demon-rats.” Progressives might be more credible if they would dial back the hyperbole.
A murder that brings out our best … and our absolute worst.
GERMANTOWN — Conservative Washington County judicial candidate Grant Scaife today announced the Milwaukee Police Association has endorsed his campaign for Circuit Court Judge Branch 2. In addition to the MPA, Scaife has been endorsed by Washington Co. Executive Josh Schoemann, Washington
Trump not only failed to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he has made things much worse with his soft, equivocal stance. He spouts off but shows little backbone.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Randy Susen Nursing Home Visitation Rights Act to ensure nursing home residents can never again be denied visits from their loved ones in times of crisis. Grothman worked on this legislation with Shirley
Wisconsin DNR’s Delay of Action is Harming Milwaukee’s Kids Milwaukee, WI – Lead-Safe Schools MKE is calling on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to take immediate regulatory action in response to lead-contaminated soil at Golda Meir Lower Campus, where
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has received an award from the National Science Foundation under a program called “Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development” (GRANTED). The $1.6 million grant will support a four-year collaboration with UW Oshkosh aimed
Critical programs supporting small businesses and technology innovation set to end this month unless reauthorized by Republican-controlled Congress MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers sent a letter to the Trump Administration and every member of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation urging federal leadership to support reauthorizing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Res… Please log in
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews Act to protect taxpayers and restore integrity to the IRS penalty process by requiring that all proposed penalties be reviewed and approved by the issuing employee’s immediate supervisor
MADISON, Wis. – Today, on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, the state announces the formation of the Wisconsin Hispanic Legislative Caucus, a newly established coalition of Latino state lawmakers including Representative Priscilla A. Prado (D-Milwaukee), Representative Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D-Green
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Grants to help meet demand for skilled drivers by offsetting costs of obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced that the latest round of applications for DWD’s Commercial Driver Training Grant program are now open to training
DATCP is proposing fee increases on livestock producers, dealers, truckers, and others. Some of the proposed fees would rise by as much as almost 1,700 percent.
There’s a reason it’s called doomscrolling and not hopescrolling. Social media algorithms favor doom over hope, lies over truth, hate over love.
Contact: DOJCommunications@doj.state.wi.us WHAT: The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) State Fire Marshal’s Office, in partnership with Mid-State Technical College and the Stevens Point Fire Department, is conducting the fifth annual certification class for Basic Fire Investigation in Stevens Point, Wis. from Sept. 15, 2025, through Sept. 26, 2025.
With regressing attitudes towards unhoused people and winter looming, Madison and Dane County need to embrace imperfect solutions.
My fellow Republicans lose the argument when they call our political adversaries schoolyard names like “Demon-rats.” Progressives might be more credible if they would dial back the hyperbole.
A murder that brings out our best … and our absolute worst.
GERMANTOWN — Conservative Washington County judicial candidate Grant Scaife today announced the Milwaukee Police Association has endorsed his campaign for Circuit Court Judge Branch 2. In addition to the MPA, Scaife has been endorsed by Washington Co. Executive Josh Schoemann, Washington Co. Sheriff Marty Schulteis, Washington County District Attorney Barry Braatz
Trump not only failed to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he has made things much worse with his soft, equivocal stance. He spouts off but shows little backbone.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Randy Susen Nursing Home Visitation Rights Act to ensure nursing home residents can never again be denied visits from their loved ones in times of crisis. Grothman worked on this legislation with Shirley Krause, Randy Susen’s wife. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes
Wisconsin DNR’s Delay of Action is Harming Milwaukee’s Kids Milwaukee, WI – Lead-Safe Schools MKE is calling on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to take immediate regulatory action in response to lead-contaminated soil at Golda Meir Lower Campus, where at least one child has already been lead poisoned. Despite
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has received an award from the National Science Foundation under a program called “Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development” (GRANTED). The $1.6 million grant will support a four-year collaboration with UW Oshkosh aimed at removing logistical roadblocks to external grant seeking and management.
Critical programs supporting small businesses and technology innovation set to end this month unless reauthorized by Republican-controlled Congress MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers sent a letter to the Trump Administration and every member of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation urging federal leadership to support reauthorizing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Res… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription,
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews Act to protect taxpayers and restore integrity to the IRS penalty process by requiring that all proposed penalties be reviewed and approved by the issuing employee’s immediate supervisor before they can take effect. Currently, any employee the IRS
MADISON, Wis. – Today, on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, the state announces the formation of the Wisconsin Hispanic Legislative Caucus, a newly established coalition of Latino state lawmakers including Representative Priscilla A. Prado (D-Milwaukee), Representative Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D-Green Bay), Representative Vincent Miresse (D-Stevens Point), and Representative Angelina Cruz…
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