Law Forward: Will appeal anticompetitive gerrymander decision

Today, a panel of three circuit court judges issued a ruling dismissing Law Forward’s Dane County Circuit Court lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map as an anti-competitive gerrymander that violates the constitutional rights of Wisconsin voters. Law Forward, working in partnership

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Fleming campaign: Scott Fleming to run for State Senate

TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN, WI… Local farmer and longtime Johnstown resident Scott Fleming issued the following statement regarding his run for the 15th Senate District:  “As a farmer, agronomist, proud father to two high school boys and a Johnstown board supervisor,

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Gov. Evers, U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Send joint letter to NTIA urging immediate action to release critical guidance and funding to support high-speed internet expansion efforts statewide

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), last week, sent a joint letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Arielle Roth, urging the NTIA to immediately issue delayed Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program non-deployment guidance

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Gov. Evers, Dept. of Workforce Development: Announce over $410,000 in fast forward training grants to train over 600 healthcare workers, help address healthcare workforce shortage

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced over $410,000 in worker training grant awards through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program to assist three organizations in training more than 600 healthcare workers and help fill critical workforce needs. Awardees will use the Wisconsin Fast Forward funding

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Law Forward: Will appeal anticompetitive gerrymander decision

Today, a panel of three circuit court judges issued a ruling dismissing Law Forward’s Dane County Circuit Court lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map as an anti-competitive gerrymander that violates the constitutional rights of Wisconsin voters. Law Forward, working in partnership with the Election Law Clinic of Harvard Law School, will

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Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty: Court grants WILL motion to dismiss, dismisses 2nd redistricting case  

The News: A three-judge panel today granted WILL’s motion to dismiss, ending a lawsuit brought against Wisconsin’s current congressional maps.  Two separate lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional maps were filed, and both were assigned to three-judge panels. WILL (and others) intervened in both lawsuits on behalf of a group of voters and moved

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State Bar of Wisconsin: Lawless elected State Bar president-elect

MADISON, Wis. (April 28, 2026) — Lisa M. Lawless of Milwaukee has been elected president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin, defeating Anna Muñoz in voting that concluded April 24. Lawless, with Husch Blackwell LLP, will begin a one-year term as president-elect on July 1, 2026, before serving a one-year term

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Dept. of Health Services: The mental health toll of financial hardship

Children who live in financial hardship are significantly more likely to be bullied, have anxiety and depression, and develop substance use problems. And those who face chronic financial hardship and experience poverty in their early years are especially at risk for mental health problems. However, as the Wisconsin Office of

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Fleming campaign: Scott Fleming to run for State Senate

TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN, WI… Local farmer and longtime Johnstown resident Scott Fleming issued the following statement regarding his run for the 15th Senate District:  “As a farmer, agronomist, proud father to two high school boys and a Johnstown board supervisor, I’ve seen how rising costs have impacted family budgets, businesses

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Law Forward: Files brief supporting the national challenge to Trump executive order that would threaten absentee voting by mail and disenfranchise Wisconsinites

MADISON, Wis. — Law Forward filed an amici curiae (“friends of the court”) brief in federal court in Washington, D.C., supporting three consolidated lawsuits challenging President Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to take over key functions of mail-in ballot administration. The brief argues that the executive order would

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Gov. Evers, U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Send joint letter to NTIA urging immediate action to release critical guidance and funding to support high-speed internet expansion efforts statewide

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), last week, sent a joint letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Arielle Roth, urging the NTIA to immediately issue delayed Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program non-deployment guidance and promptly begin releasing the full remaining funds allocated to

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Gov. Evers, Dept. of Workforce Development: Announce over $410,000 in fast forward training grants to train over 600 healthcare workers, help address healthcare workforce shortage

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced over $410,000 in worker training grant awards through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program to assist three organizations in training more than 600 healthcare workers and help fill critical workforce needs. Awardees will use the Wisconsin Fast Forward funding to develop and implement strategic industry partnership programs for high-demand

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Colón campaign: Announces candidacy for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Contact: press@pedrocolon.com Colón Promises “A Listening Ear and A Fair Shot.” MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Pedro Colón today announced his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, entering the race to replace Justice Annette Ziegler, who announced she will not be running for reelection. With more than 15

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Protect Our Care Wisconsin: House Republicans hold sham hearing while millions face higher costs and hospital closures thanks to the big, ugly bill

Washington, D.C. – Today, congressional Republicans held their third hearing in a series of pitiful attempts to gaslight the American people on the health care affordability crisis that they orchestrated. During the hearing, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse made clear that Republicans gutted over $1 trillion from Medicaid and

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