OSHKOSH — On Friday, February 18, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent letters to seventeen agencies regarding the use of telework. These letters follow Sen. Johnson’s December 8, 2021 requests for information on teleworking within the cabinet-level agencies. The letters are linked below: Equal Employment

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is submitting a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an additional 30 days of Medicaid coverage for women after pregnancy. Currently, women receive 60 days of coverage after giving birth. Approval of the DHS request by CMS would

MILWAUKEE — The ACLU of Wisconsin today criticized reported plans by the Wisconsin State Assembly plans to abandon efforts to close two state-run youth prisons — Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake — for the remainder of this year’s legislative session. “We are deeply disappointed by the Wisconsin State Assembly’s

Lancaster, WI (February 23) – Lancaster Mayor David Varnam is showing strong grassroots support in Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor race. David Varnam is the only candidate to finish in the top two in three recent straw polls conducted at county caucuses. He won the Republican Party of Rock County straw poll

MADISON, Wis – The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council recently announced their annual awards honoring those dedicated to protecting, preserving and increasing the number of trees that line city streets, fill community parks and enhance neighborhoods throughout the state. The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council advises the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on the

MADISON – Today, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) released an updated memo from Legislative Fiscal Bureau detailing the cumulative tax savings for Wisconsin taxpayers since 2011. With the news of $21.9 billion in tax reductions from 2011 through the 2021-23 state budget, Leader LeMahieu issued the following statement: “Wisconsin Republicans promised to

[Madison, WI] – Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) voted with his Assembly Republican colleagues on several pieces of legislation on education reform during Tuesday’s Assembly floor session. “One important thing we’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated Rep. Callahan, “is how important it is that parents have a say in their child’s education.

[Waukesha, WI] – Jason Church, a combat veteran, purple heart recipient, and former candidate for Congress officially endorses Rebecca Kleefisch. Church highlights Rebecca’s leadership experience as a quality that puts her ahead of all the other candidates for governor. “It is an honor to endorse my friend, and the next

MADISON – Yesterday the State Senate passed seven bills authored by Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield). These bills build on recent successes like expanding telehealth, cutting taxes, and expanding access to opportunity, moving the ball forward for the people of Wisconsin—most of them on a bipartisan basis. Senate Bill 344, authored

Madison… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) authored legislation, which passed the Senate, making the process of transferring farm implements after death more efficient. Currently, beneficiaries who are receiving farm implements are required to go through probate, an often lengthy formal legal process. All equipment used to continue production is held until

MADISON, WI – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee introduced H. Res 939, the Annual Bipartisan Public Schools Week Resolution with Representatives Sam Graves (MO-06), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), and 88 of their colleagues. This year Public Schools Week

I am very pleased that the Legislature, working in a bipartisan fashion, passed three bills that will have a lasting impact on our academic and research enterprises. These bills await the signature of Governor Evers, whom we appreciate for his support of higher education and UW–Madison. Senate Bill 557 provides

Milwaukee, Wisc. February 23, 2022 — Yesterday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed a series of bills to expand parental school choice program access and protect parental rights in education. These bills, part of the larger Empowering Parents K-12 Education Reform Package, include: AB 963, which protects the rights of parents and guardians

Madison, WI – The importance of education cannot be understated as it is the foundation of cultivating productive members of society. Ensuring that every student receives quality education is essential for long term social justice. The reality is that each child is special, and has a unique set of skills,

The News: The Senate Committee on Education is holding a public hearing on a series of important K-12 education reform bills, including a parent bill of rights, an expansion of the parental choice program, and legislation to expand charter school options. WILL Director of Education Policy, Libby Sobic, will testify, along with engaged Wisconsin

The state Senate passed two bills, AB 934 and AB 936, that will impact people with disabilities and family caregivers who have healthcare in BadgerCare. BadgerCare covers some people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) who do not meet the criteria for long-term care programs, people waiting for a disability

Yesterday the Senate passed a package of bills that change election laws. While SB 937 makes positive clarifications to the definition of Indefinitely Confined Voters, most provisions in these bills make it harder for people with disabilities to vote and will disproportionately disenfranchise this part of the electorate. Read BPDD’s testimony.

The state Senate passed two bills they claim will strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce, but instead they will make it less likely WIsconsinites can keep the health coverage they need through BadgerCare. These changes will create more barriers that make it harder and more complicated for people to keep their coverage, and

MILWAUKEE, WI – The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR) will host a press conference on Friday, February 25, 2022, outside of City Hall at noon. At this press conference, MAARPR will be demanding that the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission (FPC) create the following policy: policy that

Madison, Wis. — IRG Action Fund Executive Vice President, Chris Reader, released the following statement Tuesday after UI and welfare reform legislation passed the Wisconsin Senate. “Thank you to Republicans in the Senate for focusing on the worker shortage that has held back our economy for too long. The bills passed today