(Waukesha, WI) – Waukesha County invites residents and visitors to observe Earth Day through a variety of opportunities and events about our home planet. Individuals and families can take part in activities from April 18-29, including The Friends of Retzer Nature Center’s Annual Earth Week Celebration on Saturday, April 23 at Retzer

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., has named Kelly Wilson as director of compliance and privacy. Wilson has extensive experience facilitating and administering compliance and regulatory activities in the health care industry. Her expertise will help ensure Security Health Plan continues to successfully navigate the highly regulated health

Fri. April 1st, 3:00 pm UW-Madison’s Bascom Hall (500 Lincoln Dr.) Climate activists, union members, UW students, and WI farmers gathered on April Fool’s Day outside UW-Madison’s Bascom Hall to deliver a “thank you” cake to UW-Madison, Chancellor, Rebecca Blank, calling on TIAA – the trillion dollar global pension fund

MILWAUKEE – At their Thursday, March 24 meeting the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors celebrated Women’s History Month by honoring Milwaukee women who embody this year’s theme of “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”   “As we come to the end of Women History Month, I want to recognize these outstanding women who are truly the

City of Racine – Work on Wisconsin Avenue to convert the one-way street into a two-street is set to ramp up in April. When complete, Wisconsin Avenue will have bidirectional traffic between State Street and 16th Street and include bicycle accommodations. The conversion is scheduled to be completed by the

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin applauded an announcement from the Biden administration that over $95 million in new funding is being made available to Wisconsin through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) – the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s largest residential energy retrofit program. This new funding from the

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) joined his House Natural Resources Committee colleagues in introducing six pieces of legislation to reverse the Biden administration’s anti-energy policies and unleash domestic energy production here at home. Specifically, these important bills would resume onshore or offshore oil and gas lease sales and require the

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Christine (Chris) Navia, currently the chief diversity officer at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, has been named Marquette University’s vice president for inclusive excellence, Provost Kimo Ah Yun announced today. Navia, who succeeds Dr. William Welburn following his retirement last August, will begin in the role on July

Democrats are spreading “misinformation” about Ron Johnson in the media, and some outlets are starting to notice. After a similar piece was published last week, Axios wrote an article that included an outline of Senator Johnson’s statements on Obamacare which detailed how the “Democrats jumped on his comments and mischaracterized them in

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs March 30, 2022 I am pleased that yesterday at the White House President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, named for the black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement. The historic legislation, which designates lynching

Wisconsin Can Access $95 Million From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Lower Utility Bills for Working Families   MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy announced that Wisconsin will be able to access more than $95 million in new funding delivered by the Bipartisan Infrastructure

MADISON, Wis. – After relentlessly claiming that he didn’t want the GOP’s endorsement ahead of the Republican gubernatorial primary, behind closed doors yesterday, Kevin Nicholson came crawling back to the party, saying that he wouldn’t mind if they put his name alongside Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Ramthun.   Just like his

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan has contributed $5,000 to an exciting new venture called the C2 Collaborate & Create Makerspace, a hands-on learning environment where students, entrepreneurs and community members can work together using cutting-edge tools and equipment that may not exist in local school settings.   The C2 Makerspace

MADISON, Wis. – This week, President Biden announced his budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which would impose a new Billionaire Minimum Income Tax on the wealthiest Americans to reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next decade, advance safety and security at home and around the world,

Cowles Lambasts Plan to Outcompete Private Industry, Reiterates Previous Warnings about Public Sector Overreach GREEN BAY– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement in response to the Rock County Board of Supervisor’s Adopted Resolution from March 24th that lays out a plan to use federal funds for 100 county government-managed

2017: Policy Decisions Lead to Severe Teacher Shortages MADISON, Wis. – As lieutenant governor, Rebecca Kleefisch targeted Wisconsin’s public schools and universities, and through extreme legislation in 2011 and 2017, she also attacked our teachers, one of the reasons Wisconsin schools are so great. By limiting teachers’ ability to negotiate their

Many polling places in the City of Madison have changed because of redistricting. The City of Madison Clerk’s Office sent postcards to voters in areas impacted by polling place changes in early March. The City Clerk’s Office encourages you to confirm your polling place before heading out to vote on

Comes after Johnson voiced support for a GOP agenda that would raise taxes on 32% of Wisconsinites.   MADISON, Wis. – In a new interview, Ron Johnson adamantly pushed back against billionaires paying their fair share – the same individuals that benefitted when he worked overtime to secure special tax

Growing Support, Reliable Pro-Cop Record Stark Contrast to Josh Kaul’s Failed Leadership [Balsam Lake, Wis.] – Today, Adam Jarchow announced the first phase of his “Back the Badge” campaign, laying out his reliable legislative record of voting for bills that were supported by law enforcement groups across the state during

Madison – Following the latest hearing in the Julie C. Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez case in Waukesha County, experts at End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin (End Abuse) identify aspects of the case that are consistent with harmful patterns in WI family court and provide clarification about the potential impact of the case on survivors