WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, yesterday Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) hosted a telephone town hall with Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (IL-12) for veterans across Wisconsin’s Third District. During the meeting, they covered a host of issues, including mental health, substance abuse, community care, and how

[Milwaukee, WI] – A joint rally between the Students for a Democratic Society at UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be held on Wednesday, July 19th, 5pm at 941 E Wisconsin Ave. The event was originally scheduled for last week as part

MILWAUKEE, WI – July 2023 – The Board of Directors of PEARLS for Teen Girls, a leadership development non-profit serving girls in 5th through 12th grade, today announced Tiffany Tardy as the organization’s next President and CEO. Tardy brings deep experience in the education and non-profit sectors and a deep

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service recently updated income eligibility guidelines for meals served at schools and day care programs based on federal poverty levels. The income guidelines, updated annually, are effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The guidelines apply to student eligibility for free

WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) invited Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to visit Wisconsin to highlight the state’s robust domestic manufacturing sector and discuss how the state is uniquely positioned to drive the country’s efforts to rebuild our infrastructure. Senator Baldwin successfully pushed to include Buy America standards in

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement to institute a cybersecurity certification and labeling program, a policy move that was a key recommendation proposed by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. “The

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers. The joint state and

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today, with Wisconsin Department of Trade, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (DATCP), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations

[Madison, Wis.] – On Wednesday, July 12, the Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing on Senate Bill 121. The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by over one-third of the Legislature, increases access to life-saving breast imaging by eliminating patient cost-sharing for those with dense breasts and those at increased risk

RACINE, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin’s latest TV ad in the 1st Congressional District highlights Congressman Bryan Steil’s record on Social Security and Medicare cuts, and his previous votes to give even more tax breaks to big corporations.  “Working families across Wisconsin have paid into Social Security and Medicare, and they expect these

WISCONSIN – Wisconsin Conservation Voters launched a digital campaign today calling on Sens. Eric Wimberger, Robert Cowles, and Mary Felzkowski to remove the polluter loophole from SB 312, the legislation that could determine how $125 million in state budget PFAS funding is distributed. These senators play a key role in

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) transferred authority of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) headquarters staff mission to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina National Guard, July 14 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The CJTF-HOA headquarters mission includes ensuring strategic partnerships with Djibouti

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Devonti Wilson, 38, Janesville, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 13 years in federal prison for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. This prison term

MILWAUKEE – Today, both the Committee on Personnel [5-0], as well as the Committee on Finance [4-3] voted to recommend the adoption of a resolution, authored by Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, which amends Chapter 22 – Sales and Use Taxes of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances to enact an additional 0.4% County sales and use tax, effective January 1, 2024. Chairwoman Nicholson emphasized

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today joined Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) officials and community leaders in Kenosha to celebrate the improvements to Wisconsin Highway 50 (WIS 50) in Kenosha County. “Highway 50 serves as a critical east-west connector route in the southeast corner of our state, and these improvements are giving

WASHINGTON, DC – As first reported by the New York Times, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx of the Education and the Workforce Committee (R-NC), last week, sent a letter to Dr. Michael V. Drake and Carol T. Christ, President and Chancellor of

Committee Members Advanced Revenue Measure Through Joint Committee Meeting MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, in a special joint hybrid meeting of the Committees on Finance and Personnel, committee members advanced a resolution to enable an update to the current countywide sales tax and avert a looming fiscal cliff. In a statement released

MILWAUKEE, WI — The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce announced that it is hired Lo Villarreal as the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (Trans) Program Manager, a new position that has been added to the organization. “As a Gender-Fluid and LatinX person, I have always