Sen. Wimberger, Rep. Franklin: Statement on $30 Million Motion to Support Southern Bridge Project Included in State Budget

MADISON – Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Oconto) and Representative Benjamin Franklin (R-De Pere) released the following statement before the Joint Committee on Finance, the state’s budget-writing committee, is set to include the $30 million budget motion they authored to support the Southern Bridge Underpass project serving Northeast Wisconsin in the 2025-26

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State Senate Democratic Committee: Governor Evers and senate Democrats secure massive investments in childcare, public education, healthcare, and rural communities in new state budget deal

MADISON, WI – This morning, Governor Evers announced that he and state legislators have reached a deal to pass and sign a 2025-2027 Biennial Budget. After weeks of gridlock and republican infighting, Governor Evers and Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein (SD-27) delivered sizable investments in – childcare, public education, healthcare, support for Wisconsin’s

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Main Street Alliance: Wisconsin small business owners applaud $330M in child care funding—but say the fight’s far from over

MADISON — Main Street Alliance of Wisconsin, representing more than 2,000 small business owners across the state, applauds Governor Tony Evers and legislative leaders for including $330 million in child care funding in the tentative bipartisan budget agreement announced today. This hard-won investment reflects years of relentless organizing by small business

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites could lose health care, hospital in WI-03 could close under Van Orden and Steil’s tax scam

New reporting from Wisconsin Public Radio is highlighting how Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil’s Tax Scam could kick tens of thousands of Wisconsinites off their health care and lead to rural hospitals closing – including Mayo Clinic Health System-Oakridge in Osseo in WI-03. The bill that Van Orden and Steil voted

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