Contact: Grace White WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) issued a statement after voting no on the first portion of Speaker Pelosi and President Biden’s spending spree. “Today, I voted against the so-called infrastructure portion of Speaker Pelosi and President Biden’s $3 trillion spending agenda. We should be making investments

Contact: Matthew Handverger, (508) 561-5226 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after the House passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill which now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. “This along with the Build Back Better Act will give the economy the jumpstart it needs and

Contact: Kelli Liegel, 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after Democrats voted to take the first step in passing their multi-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation and passed their partisan infrastructure bill which spends only a fraction of funds on fixing roads, bridges, and major projects that

Contact: Carter MacLeod   Phone: 202-225-5506   Carter.MacLeod@mail.house.gov   Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ron Kind voted to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and send it to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. This legislation makes a historic investment in our roads and bridges, access to broadband, water infrastructure, resilience, and more – all while creating

Contact: Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement after voting against an infrastructure plan that fails to make the serious reforms necessary to modernize our nation’s infrastructure. “As I outlined months ago, Congress could fix our infrastructure by simply returning to a user-fee system, pursuing

On Thursday October 28, a marathon 9-hour committee hearing about Wisconsin redistricting was held. Only two people — the bills’ authors — testified in favor of the maps. In stark contrast, more than 200 people from all parts of the state traveled to Madison to show their disapproval of the

Today, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted an amended 2022 City of Milwaukee budget in the amount of approximately $1.75 billion. The budget addresses many of the key Council priorities for the city, including public safety, public health, and implementing long-term fiscal sustainability. The budget will now head to Mayor Tom

MADISON– Representative Nancy VanderMeer (R-Tomah) and Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statements after a bill they authored, 2021 Assembly Bill 302, was signed into law today as 2021 Wisconsin Act 86: “Water meter projects are both common and necessary as meters may become less accurate over time, resulting in over or under billing. However, replacing water meters costs more and gets slowed by

MADISON– Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) and Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statements after a bill they authored, 2021 Assembly Bill 300, was signed into law today as 2021 Wisconsin Act 85: “The PSC approval process can not only be costly, but it can also be

WILL supported new law to develop online dashboard for public school spending The News: Governor Tony Evers signed public school spending transparency legislation (AB 378 / SB 373) into law, Friday, initiating a new process to shed more light on how public schools spend public dollars. The Wisconsin Institute for

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today took action on eleven bills. The bills include: Assembly Bill 132, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 81:   Requires certain entities that send immunization-related mail to ensure that any information that may disclose an individual’s immunization status is not visible on the outside of the piece of mail.   Assembly Bill 190, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 82:   Requires the

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – Responding to and recovering from a disaster is a community-wide effort, with public agencies, volunteer groups, businesses and residents all playing a role in the process. Ensuring those many interests can share information and find resources can be crucial to protecting people and restoring services as

Madison, WI – Today, Governor Evers will be signing SB 373, authored by Sen. Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk), into law. This bill will provide Wisconsinites with access to information and details regarding how their school district is spending their taxpayer dollars. “I am thrilled that this bill is being signed into law today.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #139 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Mon, Nov. 8, 2021, in honor of Navy Hospital Apprentice 1st Class Keefe R. Connolly, who lost his life in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following reports that the Biden Administration is considering paying illegal immigrants up to $450,000, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) joined Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), and nearly 135 members of Congress in introducing the Illegal Immigration Payoff Prohibition Act. This bill would prevent

MADISON, Wis.—Following the release of today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows 531,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were added in October nationwide, exceeding the BLS’ estimate by 81,000, Opportunity Wisconsin program director Meghan Roh issued the following statement: “The employment data released today is a strong affirmation that the

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) announced today that it received 14 applications requesting $274,914.48 in funding for the most recent round of Wisconsin’s Refueling Readiness Gant Program. The program is designed to foster fueling infrastructure resilience and create Fueling Points of Distribution or Designated Disaster Fueling Facilities which will

MADISON, Wis. — This morning, the Department of Labor announced that the U.S added back 531,000 jobs in October, beating expectations and proving that President Biden’s economic plan is working. The national unemployment rate also fell to 4.6% — the lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic. Thanks to

November 5, 2021 – Seven Midwest governors sent a letter to the Environmental Protection  Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan inquiring about the steps necessary to implement a  state-level solution to ensure E15 can be sold all year long. The Governors’ letter requests for  guidance from Administrator Regan on how their