Madison, WI – Governor Evers announced 12 regional projects in the first round of the Wisconsin Innovation Grant Program. These projects will receive up to $59.5 million in grants, including up to $27.5 million to four Wisconsin technical colleges. Chippewa Valley Technical College Up to $10 million to address the need

As families and friends get together for the holidays, Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials ask everyone to celebrate the season safely. The Division of State Patrol and law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin will be stepping up enforcement for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. The national effort runs

Wisconsin Paper Council is one of 60 applicants to earn a $500,000 planning grant to continue developing a more resilient paper industry and boost local economies MADISON, Wis. — State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski congratulated the Wisconsin Paper Council for being named one of 60 finalists for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s

Raymond M. DeVoe, age 80, of Tomah, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully holding hands with his beloved wife on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at the Serenity House in Tomah. He was born August 11, 1941, to Minert and Pauline (Dutton) DeVoe in Sparta, Wisconsin. Ray was a Tomah High School graduate.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin released the following statement after the passing of R. Richard Wagner, a scholar and activist who was the first openly gay member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, where he served for fourteen years. In 1983, he was appointed by Governor Tony

Washington, DC – Tonight, Rep. Ron Kind released the following statement after voting to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol:   “January 6 was one of our nation’s

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senator Ron Johnson continued to put his self-serving agenda ahead of the needs of Wisconsinites by voting against raising the debt ceiling, which would imperil hard-earned Medicare and Social Security benefits for hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin seniors, and throw our economy into chaos, potentially costing

A young Milwaukee native and professional architect was approved today by the full Common Council to serve on the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) – that after he was nominated earlier this month to serve by Common Council President Cavalier Johnson.   Nicholas Hans Robinson, AIA, NCARB, will serve as one of the

MADISON-Nicotine addiction- whether through smoking cigarettes or “vaping”- continues to rage at epidemic levels among teens. Assembly Bill 348 is a bipartisan measure that increases the permitted age of purchase to 21 (from the current 18 years old). Federal law changed in 2018 but local law enforcement and health departments

Madison, WI – At today’s Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs hearing, veteran and health care workforce advocates offered testimony in support of Senate Bill 688 (SB 688). The bipartisan bill and its companion, Assembly Bill 720 (AB 720), championed by Senator Jacque and Representative Summerfield, aim to create a common-sense solution to enhance workforce pathways for veterans in Wisconsin’s health care field. The Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association applauds the innovative approach to

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob A. Willox, 28, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and for possessing methamphetamine with

Politifact Wisconsin rates latest disinformation on vaccines from Senator Ron Johnson “Pants on Fire!”    Wisconsin — Last week, Senator Ron Johnson upped the ante in his ongoing disinformation campaign against safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines. Appearing on Janesville radio station WCLO, Johnson reiterated his standard vaccine disinformation before claiming that

Johnson’s prioritizes pushing COVID misinformation to distract from self-serving agenda MADISON, Wis. — As Ron Johnson continues to try and distract from his self-serving agenda of enriching himself and his largest donors, he is yet again being called out by independent fact checkers for spreading dangerous and false misinformation about

Washington, D.C. – Democrat Senate candidates will do anything to stay in the good graces of the radical Left-wing of their party, even if that means eliminating the filibuster to force their reckless, socialist agenda on the American people. Here is what some of the Democrat candidates are saying about the filibuster: In