Students from 13 high schools across the state will compete in the Wisconsin Civics Games state finals — presented by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation — on Friday, May 12, in Madison. Fifteen teams, each comprising up to four students, will face off in head-to-head matchups, answering questions about the

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #196 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., May 6, 2023, in honor of Army Air Forces First Lieutenant Roy Coulson Harms, who lost his life in World War II

The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, Milwaukee End the Wars Coalition, Madison for a World Beyond War, and the Wisconsin People’s Party, join forces to protest and march on Saturday May 6th, 10am at the Capitol Square, N. Hamilton stairs in Madison. WI vs WW3 opposes current U.S. foreign policy towards Russia

Madison – On May 3rd, State Senator Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) was officially sworn in as the State Senator of the 8 th District at a ceremony held in Menomonee Falls with family and friends. “I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all family and friends that were

Waupaca… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) was awarded the “Scales of Justice” Award from the State Bar of Wisconsin Legislative Oversight Committee on Friday, April 28, 2023. The State Bar presented Senator Ballweg with this award for her work on family and child law-related issues. “I am honored to be awarded the

MADISON – Following today’s Assembly Committee on Local Government hearing on Assembly Bill (AB) 245, Democratic members of the Committee Rep. Samba Baldeh (D-Madison), Rep. Sue Conley (D-Janesville), Rep. Clinton Anderson (D-Beloit), and Rep. Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) released the following statement: “At today’s Committee on Local Government hearing, we

MADISON, Wis. — Today, far-right Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in planning and executing the deadly January 6th insurrection. Tarrio is an ally of former Milwaukee County Sheriff and possible U.S. Senate candidate David Clarke. “Potential Senate candidate David Clarke needs to answer for his ties

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230504DemAddress.mp3 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address highlighting his plan to expand access to mental and behavioral healthcare across Wisconsin. This included the governor’s $270 million investment to continue the “Get Kids Ahead” initiative to expand school-based mental health supports for kids, which Republican members of the

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230504GOPAddress.mp3 This is State Senator Mary Felzkowski with an update on where we’re at in the state budget process. From last fall until today, we’ve been working hard to gather input, research programs, and discuss the merits of every idea in Governor Evers’ budget proposal. Agencies told the Governor they

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has demanded communications and records from accounting firm KPMG LLP regarding its audits of three failed banks—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. According to reports, KPMG issued clean audits for each bank in the weeks before the banks

Dr. William Wolf, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, received a five-year $526,813 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to work with undergraduate students on research. The prestigious NSF CAREER grant supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role

MADISON, Wis., – La Follette School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Lauren Schmitz and her team of researchers were recently awarded a prestigious National Institute on Aging R01 grant for their work on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health.  The project, “Adversity, Aging and ADRD Risk among the

Madison – Representative Shae Sortwell (R-Gibson) released the following statement today regarding the circulation of bipartisan election reform legislation, co-authored with Representatives Ortiz-Velez (D-Milwaukee) and Goeben (R-Hobart) and Senators Cabral- Guevara (R-Appleton), Taylor (D-Milwaukee), and Jacque (R-De Pere): “There has been a lot of contention about elections from both sides

Madison, WI — State Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay), issued the following statement after a unanimous Joint Committee on Finance vote to provide $7 million to support the next generation of Wisconsin’s mental health professionals: “I’m happy to have joined Senators Felzkowski and Testin in putting forward a real plan to tackle

WISCONSIN–MAY 4–Statement from Tanya Atkinson on hearing on AG lawsuit: “Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin is grateful to Attorney General Josh Kaul for his continued leadership in fighting for reproductive freedom. Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban and legislative barriers to reproductive freedom harm the ability to provide and receive health care

MADISON, Wis. – Today, Gov. Tony Evers announced four appointments to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Board, effective May 1, 2023. Two of the appointments are current members of the board, and two are new appointees. Miranda Leis (Cashton) is currently serving as the Senior Director

Today, State Representative Scott Allen (R-Waukesha) and State Senator André Jacque (R-DePere) released LRB-4877, relating to filing a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC). This bill came about after a constituent investigated and discovered that his 103 year old mother had voted in the November 2020 election despite having

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Pedro Colón announced his candidacy for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1. He aims to succeed Court of Appeals Judge Timothy Dugan, who declared he would not be running for re-election. “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Wisconsin Court of

MADISON, Wis. – Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) released the following statement: “After several weeks of meetings and negotiations with all parties involved – Democrats, Republicans, towns, villages, cities and counties – we reached a shared revenue proposal we believe the public will support.” “It’s