La Crosse, WI – Today, Rep. Ron Kind joined Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) in introducing the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (DALCI) Act to preserve the ecologically-unique region between Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. The bipartisan legislation would re-establish efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve management of working

MADISON, Wis.  –   Earlier today Gov. Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 218 into law. The legislation allows for the automatic approval or denial of certain applications presented to occupational boards after a ten-day review window. This will enable boards to better prioritize applications and focus their attention on those requiring the

WISCONSIN – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $1.7 million to Oneida Nation, and $1 million to Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oneida Nation will use the funding to construct eight (8) two-bedroom homes, which will help alleviate

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Assembly Bill 218, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 118. Assembly Bill 218, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 118 Allows a credentialing board to delegate authority to the Department of Safety and Professional Services to make an immediate determination regarding whether an applicant meets the credential qualifications and to

[Madison, WI] – In case you missed it, the Washington Free Beacon reported today that Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes tried to eliminate cash bail while serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly. This comes as Barnes is already under fire for his “defund the police” ties after he called Socialist

MADISON – Senate Bill 437 (SB 437) authored by Rep. Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville) and Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), relating to exemptions for unregistered vehicles during a declared state of emergency has been signed into law as 2021 Wisconsin Act 108. “We crafted this legislation to simplify existing law and provide clarity

Madison…. The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and State Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) issued the following statement after the federal Department of Education (DOE) denied part of Wisconsin’s plan for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Education Relief (ESSER) funds: “The

La Crosse, WI – Today, Rep. Ron Kind announced that Wisconsin is set to receive an investment of $142.7 million in water infrastructure funding for 2022 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This funding will put Wisconsinites to work rebuilding our water infrastructure and help communities address PFAS contamination, replace lead service lines, and

OSHKOSH — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours allow constituents to meet with the senator’s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or regarding other federal matters. Note: Staff-led mobile office hours

Washington, D.C. – Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, who refuses to oppose defunding the police, continues to prove that he is weak on crime. It was recently revealed that when Barnes was a state legislator in 2016, he introduced legislation to eliminate “monetary bail as a condition of release for a defendant charged with” a crime, no

(MADISON, Wis.) – Construction Business Group (CBG), a statewide joint Labor-Management  construction trade group representing 30,000 workers and 4,000 contractors, thanks Governor  Evers for vetoing Senate Bill 125 (SB-125), an apprenticeship bill that unfairly subsidized  programs with taxpayer money that do not prioritize investing in workers.  “CBG supports legislation that

Franklin, WI: Forward Latino, a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy and service organization with  members throughout the City of Milwaukee has been calling on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to veto  the aldermanic district map passed by the Milwaukee Common Council and that diluted Hispanic  representation. Today Mayor Barrett officially issued his veto

MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers signed into law Senate Bills 71 and 94, which relate to the storage, processing, and tracking of sexual assault kits. These bills aim to address the sexual assault kit backlog in Wisconsin. Both bills passed the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly unanimously or by

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that on Friday, December 3, Nichole Genz, 41, Evansville, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Madison. At the plea hearing, Genz pleaded guilty to an indictment that charged

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #145 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Tues., Dec. 7, 2021, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. “While decades have passed since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the impact of this day has

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. “Authoritarian regimes have a long history of using the Olympics to whitewash human rights abuses, and the U.S. should do everything in its

Madison, WI – For nearly 30 years, thousands of unidentified and unprocessed sexual assault kits have  stood idle in Wisconsin hospitals, clinics, and police evidence lockers. Without statutory procedures and  timelines for the processing of these kits, sexual assault survivors and criminal justice advocates have  witnessed the shocking inactivity that

Madison – Sexual assault survivors are will have access to information about their sexual assault kits. On Monday, Governor Evers signed a bill authored by State Senator Alberta Darling that will create a Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System. “Wisconsin is joining a nationwide movement to make sure victims of