MADISON, WI – Today, Representative Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) joined Senator Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska), Representative Dave Considine (D-Baraboo), Representative Kristina Shelton (D-Green Bay), and Governor Tony Evers in introducing LRB 4243, a bill to fund a Farm to School and Farm to Fork grant program in Wisconsin. This bill is part

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded an announcement from Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, State Senator Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska), and State Representative Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) introducing a package of bills designed to boost the state’s agricultural community. Their plans include a new, $20 million dollar investment in the Food

MADISON — This year’s freshman class at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is the largest in the institution’s history and includes the most Wisconsin residents of any freshman class in the last 20 years. The incoming class maintains UW–Madison’s strong commitment to Wisconsin families — hundreds of these new freshmen from

CONTACT: Steve Barcus, sbarcus@wisc.edu MADISON—The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host a talk by Bi-Khim Hsiao, representative of the Republic of China, Taiwan. The lecture, “America, Taiwan and Peace in the Indo-Pacific,” will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thurs., Sept. 30 at the UW Law School, room 2260. In the lecture,

The Wisconsin State Assembly today advanced several different pieces of education-related legislation. The Assembly adopted Assembly Bill 435, incorporating cursive into the state model English language arts standards, requiring cursive writing in elementary grades.  Experts believe cursive writing trains the brain to integrate visual and tactile information and fine motor dexterity.

MADISON, WI- Today, The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Assembly Joint Resolution 80, which states that new legislative districts should promote continuity and maintain the core of existing boundaries as much as possible. On this resolution Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released the following statement:   “It is long past time that

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed Republican sponsored proposals (AB 414 and AB 411) prohibiting anti-racism and anti-sexism teaching and training in our public schools and other local governmental institutions. Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) released the following statement following today’s vote. “Our schools should foster environments of equity

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and 21 of their Republican colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration’s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.  

MADISON – Today, Senate Republicans passed Senate Joint Resolution 63 along party lines. This resolution supported the continuation of Wisconsin’s gerrymandered districts as they currently stand. Senator Agard released the following statement after voting “NO” on this resolution: “This resolution is nothing more than an attempt to put into the

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly will take up a Republican sponsored resolution, AJR 80, which would create a directive for the upcoming legislative redistricting process. While Republicans included provisions required by the Wisconsin Constitution in AJR 80, they added measures to protect incumbents and maintain Republican power through gerrymandered

SHEBOYGAN — Sheboygan County Sheriff Cory Roeseler and District Attorney Joel Urmanski have announced that they are endorsing Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney in his bid to be the next Attorney General. “Sheboygan County needs Eric Toney to be elected as our next AG,” Roeseler said.  “He’s a tough-on-crime prosecutor, and Toney has the

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes and Generac leaders, today announced the company is expanding its presence in Wisconsin by investing an additional $53 million in its facilities across the state and creating more than 700 new jobs. Based in Waukesha, Generac

MADISON, Wis. – What’s it like to build a software company from scratch, overcome hurdles along the way and then sell it for $450 million while keeping the bulk of your operations in Wisconsin? Find out the answers to that question and more Nov. 3 when two of the principals for

(WAUKESHA, WI) – On Tuesday, September 28, Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow introduced his 2022 Executive Budget to the Waukesha County Board of Supervisors. Justice and public safety remain Waukesha County’s top priorities, while supporting economic development and conservative stewardship of taxpayer dollars. The proposed budget would cut the County tax rate for the eighth consecutive year, including every year County Executive Farrow has been in office. The Board of Supervisors is expected to pass the final budget in

MADISON– Representative LaKeshia Myers (D-Milwaukee) issued the following statement regarding AB 411 and AB 414. Myers stated, “The bills passed by the legislature today, should be called the ‘White Supremacy Preservation Package of 2021’, because that is what they represent.  Both AB411 and AB414 are bills in search of problems.  The

MADISON, WI – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly met in session, voting on a number of bills primarily focused on national Republican culture war issues. Rep. Greta Neubauer issued the following statement in response: “Republicans in the Capitol are more concerned with playing political games and picking culture war battles

Madison- State Representative Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth) voted to empower parents and keep divisive Critical Race Theory out of our children’s classrooms: “For parents across the state, and as a parent myself, knowing what my child is learning in school and where school funding is being spent is a high priority,”

Madison, WI — State Representative Alex Dallman joined his Assembly colleagues in passing Assembly Bill 563, which requires instruction in civic education in the elementary and high school grades and making it a mandatory high school graduation requirement. In a survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University