The Environmental Resources Committee (ERC) of the Marathon County Board held a meeting Tuesday, October 4th at which a resolution to restore local community control over whether or not to permit metallic sulfide mining. The ERC defied the will of numerous Wisconsin Indian Tribes and Wisconsin Environmental Groups and over 500

MADISON, WI — Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, candidate for U.S. Senate, announced today that he raised more than $20.1 million in the latest fundraising quarter with nearly half a million individual donations. Q3 was the campaign’s strongest fundraising quarter on record despite taking no money from corporate PACs.  Mandela Barnes has the

MADISON, Wis – Today, Legislative Republicans gaveled in and out of Governor Evers’ special session to begin the process of allowing voters to overturn an abortion law passed in 1849,  by establishing binding referenda in Wisconsin. This is the eleventh out of twelve special sessions called by the governor, that has

Last night the people of Milwaukee spoke, and the message was clear. Community members want to see the city defund the police in order to expand other city services. Markasa Tucker-Harris, Executive Director of the African American Roundtable said, “Over the last three years, hundreds and hundreds of residents have

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Joined by local law enforcement leaders in Northeast Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County District Attorney and law enforcement’s choice for Attorney General, Eric Toney called on Josh Kaul to release the number of DCI Agents and DOJ Prosecutors immediately.  Eric Toney released the following statement: “Our current

MADISON, Wis. – Today, Senator Ron Johnson dismissed the violence perpetrated by insurrectionists on January 6th and tried to rewrite the history of that day.  Johnson claimed: “I saw that day the ‘armed insurrectionists’ staying within the rope lines in the rotunda.” The Reality:  Washington Post: “The physical toll on officers

Today, Wisconsin Republicans gaveled in and out of Governor Evers’ special session which would give Wisconsinites the ability to enact change via binding ballot referenda. Currently in Wisconsin, there is no process by which Wisconsinites can vote to reject existing state statues. Representative Tod Ohnstad (D-Kenosha) had the following statement:

MADISON, Wis. – In response to Ron Johnson once again dismissing the violence law enforcement faced on January 6th from armed insurrectionists, Eric Larsen, former Deputy Chief of Eau Claire Police, released the following statement: “Senator Ron Johnson is completely selling out our law enforcement officers and dismissing the violence they faced on

Today, the Brown County Taxpayers Association (“BCTA”) filed a three-count complaint in Eastern Wisconsin’s US Federal District Court against defendants including the President of the United States and the Secretary of the US Department of Education. In its filing, the BCTA asserts that President Biden’s One-Time Student Loan Debt Relief Plan

WISCONSIN – Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) issued the following statement today, in response to the Republicans’ failure to approve a pathway for voters to repeal Wisconsin’s harmful and unpopular 1849 criminal abortion ban.  Statement from Tanya Atkinson, president of Planned Parenthood Advocates of WI  “Today Republican members of the

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), led 15 of their colleagues in commenting on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule prohibiting discrimination in health care under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. In their letter, the Senators applauded the

WEDC, UW-Madison Division of Extension will collaborate to assist rural start-ups MADISON, Wis — Gov. Tony Evers today announced a $1 million initiative led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Division of Extension and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to provide much-needed resources, support, and technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs across the state. Through the initiative announced by Gov. Evers today, UW-Madison

Grant Requested For Stewardship Project In Town Of Dunkirk DUNKIRK, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that Groundswell Conservancy has applied for a 50% matching grant from the Urban Green Space subprogram of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. The grant will assist with the purchase of 1.64

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – announced nine companies as recipients of the Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Award. For over three decades, WMC has presented this award to companies who have demonstrated environmental leadership.“Wisconsin’s economy depends on industry leaders

Special Session on Constitutional Amendment to Establish Binding Citizen Referenda Process Gaveled Out Immediately MADISON – Today, Republican leadership in the Wisconsin State Legislature gaveled in and immediately out of a special session to discuss creating a pathway for voters to enact statewide changes via binding referenda in Wisconsin. This

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Republicans in the state legislature gaveled in and quickly gaveled out of Governor Evers’ special session to create a pathway for Wisconsinites to repeal the archaic 1849 ban on abortion. Governor Tony Evers released the following statement: “We have to do everything in our power to protect access to

MADISON – State Representative Ron Tusler (R-Harrison) stands with Senator Van Wanggaard as Governor Tony Evers’ Administration obstructs attempts to exercise the legislature’s oversight powers to request records related to eight individuals that were released before completing their sentences. These records were provided to other individuals, but not to the Senate