The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is launching an online program for Wisconsinites to get free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests delivered directly to them. Starting today, Wisconsin residents can go to the Say Yes! COVID Test website(link is external) and place an order for a package of five rapid antigen COVID-19

Wisconsin Truth PAC — which is funded by the special interest donors Ron Johnson delivered $215 million in tax deductions to — is falsely attacking Lt. Governor Barnes over his record of working to keep all Wisconsin communities safe. Lt. Governor Barnes has consistently advocated for law enforcement to have

Madison – State Representative Janel Brandtjen (R- Menomonee Falls) issued the following statement regarding the Wisconsin Elections Commission proposal to circumvent legislative oversight: “Yesterday the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) began plans to develop an Elections Inspector Office with 10 new employees for a cost of over $1.3 million dollars. This

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. —  More than 300 members of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville community and tri-state region gathered to celebrate the opening of Sesquicentennial Hall – UW-Platteville’s newest, $55 million state-of-the-art engineering building – at a ribbon-cutting celebration on Sept. 1. “While showcasing our strengths in the recognition of more than 150 years

MADISON — Yesterday, Ron Johnson suggested hauling seniors out of retirement and putting them back to work. Johnson’s attacks on Social Security and Medicare put hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin retirees at risk of losing their livelihoods and the benefits they have paid into throughout their lives. Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes said the following in response:  “Ron

“The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation that eligible Wisconsinites will soon have additional protection against COVID-19 with the approval of COVID-19 bivalent boosters. These bivalent boosters were developed through rigorous processes to provide broad protection against

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI – President Biden delivered a national address tonight in which he continued to use the divisive rhetoric his administration has been marked by. Biden promised to work toward unity and yet his policy agenda and rhetoric have led to deeper and deeper divisions across the nation.

[Appleton, WI] – “Tonight President Biden addressed the nation and tried to have it both ways. In one breath he asked for unity from all Americans, and in the next, he vilified half the nation as dangerous extremists. Through his words and actions in his first two years in office,

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks nature lovers and landowners in Wood, Portage, Adams, Juneau, Waushara, Marquette, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Walworth, Jefferson and Washington counties to collect wild common milkweed seedpods to help grow habitat for native pollinators on state lands. The DNR encourages volunteers to

MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, Milwaukee County announced that it is accepting applications to the revived Milwaukee County Youth Commission. The resolution, co-authored by County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, County Executive David Crowley, and Supervisor Sequanna Taylor, was adopted by the County Board in May of 2022 and signed into law by

MILWAUKEE— Fair Elections Project Director Sachin Chheda released the following statement in response to yesterday’s decision by a federal judge ensuring access to absentee ballots for disabled voters: “The decision by a federal judge to carve out a small sliver of hope in our democracy is a necessary but hardly

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a group of 20 states in filing a friend of the court brief supporting the federal government’s efforts to regulate “ghost guns”: unserialized, untraceable weapons that are often made at home and purchased without background checks. The new federal rule

MADISON, WI (September 1, 2022) — Central Wisconsin natives Jere and Anne Fluno have committed $4.28 million to support several programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This includes a $3 million estate commitment to create the Jere D. Fluno Distinguished Chair in Accounting in the Wisconsin School of Business. In

Chancellor Frank: As Vice-Chairman of the Senate Universities and Technical Colleges Committee, I was contacted by an individual affiliated with UW-STOUT sharing their concerns regarding the cost of your upcoming investiture events and a speaker participating in the “Celebration Week Events”. First, it has been shared with me that the

MADISON – Today, the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) released a limited-scope review of certain broadband expansion grant programs (report 22-11). In February 2022, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee directed LAB to evaluate the State’s administration of supplemental federal funding received in response to the public health emergency. The Public Service Commission of

MILWAUKEE — Nominations of Wisconsin PK through 12 teachers and principals can now be submitted online at KohlEducation.org for the 2023 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation teacher Fellowship and principal Leadership awards. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 5 p.m. central time. Awards are $6,000, with an

The Bureau announces the release of Certain Broadband Expansion Grant Programs (report 22-11). The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) administers programs that award grants to telecommunication providers that make broadband service available to businesses and residences. In October 2020, the Department of Administration (DOA) allocated $6.2 million in Coronavirus

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking deer hunters to join in the efforts to protect the state’s deer herd and help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Hunters who have their deer tested for CWD play one of the most important roles in monitoring

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced that students in 16 school districts statewide will benefit from new advanced manufacturing training in preparation for high-demand job opportunities thanks to grants from the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program. Earlier this week, the governor announced that an additional

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Supervisors Kathleen Vincent and Sequanna Taylor released the following statements encouraging students and staff across Milwaukee County. “A new school year is a fresh start; I couldn’t let the back-to-school festivities come to an end without giving recognition and saying thank you to all of the