MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine reminds the public that they’re offering special holiday pricing of five issues for $5 during the holiday season. This special pricing will be available for all subscribers, including renewals and gifts, through Jan. 2, 2024. A subscription is normally $8.97 for four issues. Subscribe now to start

Three hundred and eighty seven years ago, three militia regiments of the Massachusetts Bay Colony gathered to train for community defense. The concept of members of the community simultaneously serving in a military capacity for the greater good has endured even as the National Guard has evolved since that first

Madison, Wis. – The Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld has announced the appointment of Diana Maas as Assistant Deputy Secretary for DOA. Maas previously served as legislative liaison with the Department of Transportation, and most recently was a government affairs coordinator for State Farm. She will begin her new post on

MADISON, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh released the following statement in response to reports that the House of Representatives will advance an impeachment inquiry resolution as early as today: “While Wisconsin families are looking for solutions that will protect access to health care, strengthen programs like Medicare and Social Security, and

Madison, WI – Today, Rep. Nate Gustafson (R-Fox Crossing), Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point), Rep. Chanz Green (R-Grand View), and Sen. Julian Bradley (R-Franklin), unveiled a bill proposing the tax exemption of overtime hours and all bonuses up to $2,500. This bill creates an individual income tax exemption for hourly

State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly released the following statement calling for today’s UW Board of Regents vote to be rescheduled. As the UW System administration was informed months ago that she would be, Dr. Underly is currently out of the country with very inconsistent internet access and is unavailable at the scheduled

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released a statement regarding the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Board of Regents meeting scheduled for tomorrow. “The Board of Regents should be able to make decisions about what’s best for our students, faculty, staff, and, ultimately, what’s best for the University of

On the 2nd day of repeal, the GOP took from me: rural hospitals. If the Affordable Care Act gets repealed, Medicaid expansion will be eliminated, threatening vital funding for rural hospitals nationwide. Medicaid expansion provides key support for rural hospitals and, in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, rural hospitals are

MADISON – The rise of artificial intelligence technologies means new opportunities for workers to pursue family-supporting careers and for employers to gain a competitive edge while managing the labor market quantity challenge, members of the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence learned at this month’s meeting. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s

Washington, D.C. — House Republicans have announced their intent to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Under the extreme leadership of Mike Johnson, House Republicans are pursuing impeachment instead of prioritizing kitchen table issues like efforts to lower health care costs. In this year alone, President Biden and

MADISON, Wis. — Tomorrow morning, a committee of the Wisconsin Senate will hold a public hearing on a Republican-authored bill that unjustly targets LGBTQ+ youth and would put elected officials in charge of deciding what sports kids in Wisconsin can play. According to A Better Wisconsin Together Communications Director Lucy Ripp,

Yesterday, Oconto County Circuit Court Judge Jay N. Conley ruled that the Marinette Common Council violated the Open Meetings Law when holding a closed session on October 7, 2020.  During that meeting, the council received and discussed a report from engineers hired by the City to analyze the Town of

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for the Wisconsin Farm to School Grant Program through 5 p.m. on Friday, February 2, 2024. DATCP will award a total of up to $250,000 in Farm to School grants. This one-time, federal funding

After the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted 9-8 to reject a Republican-brokered proposal to trade cuts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming and faculty positions for Engineering Building funding and employee pay raises, Representative Shelia Stubbs (D – Madison) released the following statement: “On Saturday, the University of Wisconsin Board

Law enforcement agencies throughout Dane County are joining forces this holiday season to remind drivers it’s not worth the risk to drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs. The Wisconsin State Patrol, Dane County Sheriff’s Office, and all 20 local police departments in the county are working in partnership with the Dane County Traffic

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Joe Oslund released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that annual inflation has fallen to 3.1 percent: “Today’s CPI report is yet another clear example that Bidenomics is working for Wisconsin families. Under the Biden-Harris Administration’s leadership, inflation

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) in leading a bipartisan push to help lower the cost of fertilizer by shedding light on market factors driving the cost of fertilizer, a major expense for farmers. The Midwest senators’ Fertilizer Research Act would

WASHINGTON – On Friday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Larry Kudlow on Kudlow and Sean Hannity on Hannity to address the scandal of the Biden crime family corruption, and the need for Senate Republicans to make any Ukraine funding contingent on achieving benchmarks that actually secure the southern border. On Saturday, the senator joined Fox and Friends’ Rachel

MADISON, Wis. — In an interview last night with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Ron Johnson struggled to defend Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Bob Spindell, who recently admitted in a legal settlement that his actions as a fake elector in 2020 contributed to Trump’s plot to overturn his Wisconsin loss. Johnson even attacked efforts to hold

WASHINGTON — Last week, Republicans in Wisconsin’s legislature introduced a bill that would abolish the bipartisan body that supervises elections across the state, the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The GOP proposal would transfer election oversight from the bipartisan commission to Wisconsin’s secretary of state – a partisan position – who would be empowered to