Green Bay, Wis.—A group of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Political Science faculty plan to offer commentary and analysis on President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union (SOTU) address scheduled for March 1, 2022. The group includes professors Nolan Bennett, Alise Coen, David Helpap and Kaden Paulson-Smith. Beginning Tuesday, March

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Due to forecasted inclement weather, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is postponing a public meeting to discuss the disposal of dredged material from the Mississippi River. The meeting was previously scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The DNR will

MADISON – State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) released the following statement regarding the passing of former 59th State Representative Daniel LeMahieu: “As a citizen with a passion to serve, one person I always chose to reference for ideas and perspectives on being a public servant was Rep. Dan LeMahieu. We

Madison, WI — In recognition of Rep. Cabral-Guevara’s (R-Fox Crossing) excellence in clinical practice, Rep. Cabral-Guevara is being honored by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) as the 2022 recipient of the AANP State Award for Excellence in Wisconsin. Each year,1 nurse practitioners (NPs) across the nation are nominated

MADISON—The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is delighted to announce that Bob Lang will be honored as the inaugural Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished Public Leadership Award recipient. The ceremony will take place at 11:30am on Wednesday, February 23 at the Wisconsin State Capitol in GAR Hall, Room 417

MADISON, WIS. – A coalition of Wisconsin organizations is encouraging Wisconsinites to participate in Wisconsin Saves Week and take steps toward securing their financial futures. Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski officially proclaimed February 21-25, 2022, as Wisconsin Saves Week in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA), the Wisconsin Women’s Business

Fox Cities, Wis. (Feb. 21, 2022) – Friday is the deadline to nominate an educator for the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Shining Star Awards. Online nominations are being accepted until Friday, Feb. 25 at https://form.jotform.com/213205214034135 . No late submissions will be accepted. Nominators may only submit one nominee per category, but submissions in multiple categories

This month the Natural Resources Board of the Department of Natural Resources will have on its agenda three administrative rules related to PFAS or “forever chemicals.” They set standards for drinking water, surface waters and groundwater. The undersigned organizations encourage the NRB to approve all three of these rules to

MADISON – Today, a bipartisan group of legislators put forward a bill aimed at curbing the rise of drugged driving in the state. Senators Van Wanggaard and Melissa Agard joined Representatives Tip McGuire and John Spiros in introducing LRB-0032/1, legislation that would invest in Wisconsin’s Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training.

MADISON, Wis. — The Committee of State Affairs is scheduled to hear 14 election bills today that were scheduled for a public hearing just last week by Legislative Republicans. Democratic members of the Committee expressed significant concerns regarding this package that is aimed at making it more difficult for Wisconsinites

Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi issued the following statement regarding the arrest investigation of Quadren Wilson: “Quadren Wilson was forcibly apprehended by 21 law enforcement officers on February 3rd. It’s been over two weeks since his arrest and three days since his initial court appearance, yet we still know

Madison, WI – Today, State Senator (D-Madison) announced new legislation aimed at preventing and reducing suicide in Wisconsin by creating the Firearm Self-Exclusion Program. The program would allow citizens to voluntarily prohibit themselves from purchasing a handgun in Wisconsin. The proposal was modeled after gambling self-exclusion programs in other states

[Madison, WI] – In December, Wisconsin and all of America watched in horror as the Waukesha Christmas Parade was attacked by a decades-long violent criminal free on “inappropriately low” bail. Nonetheless, Mandela Barnes is standing by his fringe-left stance to abolish cash bail across the country, which would enable more criminals like Darrell Brooks

Appleton, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and pro-labor populist U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson released a radio ad this morning promoting the UAW Local 578 rally taking place at noon this Saturday, February 26th. The ad will run on WOSH radio station out of Oshkosh. The union is fighting to

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill 229, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 140. Senate Bill 229, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 140: Makes it a Class I felony to knowingly refuse, resist, or obstruct the installation of a GPS tracking device or a comparable technology when it is required

WISCONSIN – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin made stops in Barron, Chippewa and Dunn Counties to focus on her work delivering results for rural Wisconsin. First, Senator Baldwin joined a USDA Rural Development representative and local officials to tour of the Chetek Sewage Treatment Plant to learn how a $20.7 million USDA infrastructure

Madison, WI – Today, State Senators Chris Larson, LaTonya Johnson, Jeff Smith, Rep. Sondy Pope, and Democratic colleagues released an eight-piece package of legislation to address the staffing crisis plaguing Wisconsin’s K-12 schools. They offered these remarks: “For years, our schools have sounded the alarm that there is a crisis around

The SAA membership has been informed in previous reporting that the SAA opposes Assembly Bill 963, the so-called Parental Bill of Rights.  However, you may not be aware that the SAA feels so strongly about this legislation that we took the extraordinary step of retaining Attorney Mike Julka of the Boardman

(Green Bay, Wis.) – Just in time for Give BIG Green Bay, the Lyndahl Family is generously offering a match of up to $50,000 to the Jackie Nitschke Center. “We are so grateful for this tremendous donation from the Lyndahl Family,” said Michelle Pierquet-Hohner, Director of Community & Donor Engagement for the

I hope you will help us speak out against the anti-voter bills that have been introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature that will make voting more complicated and difficult. Below is my testimony against the bills being heard today by the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on State Affairs. Take action to contact your