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Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), Representative Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City), Representative Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) and Representative Todd Novak (Dodgeville) have announced a series of Budget Listening Sessions including sessions in Necedah, LaValle and a virtual listening session
WISCONSIN— Today, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Racine Mayor Cory Mason, UW-Green Bay Professor Jon Shelton, and Sunny Kurhajetz, a municipal employee from Madison joined Protect Our Care Wisconsin and For Our Future Wisconsin for a virtual press conference to urge
DE PERE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requests public comments on a proposed Green Tier contract with The C.A. Lawton Co. (Lawton), a manufacturer of iron castings and machined components based in De Pere, Wisconsin. Lawton has been a Tier 1
Health department enlisted the wrong attorneys and filed far too many counts The News: Dane County attorneys, on behalf of Public Health Madison and Dane County, have significantly reduced the fines they are seeking from A Leap Above dance studio in Oregon,
MADISON, Wis. – A new statewide poll released today finds that an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin voters support electoral reforms that standardize how Wisconsin fixes or “cures” minor errors on voters’ absentee ballots. The poll, conducted by the Tarrance Group
Editor’s Note: A previous press release incorrectly listed the City of Kiel. MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the City of Sheboygan is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the recent announcement of its effort to aid in restoring the American people’s confidence in the integrity of their free and fair elections, the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) today released additional secretaries of state and state legislators who are serving on its
MADISON —The People’s Maps Commission will hold a virtual public hearing at 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thurs., March 11, 2021, to seek public input on the upcoming redistricting of legislative maps from constituents of Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District. Although the March 11 hearing will focus on the 2nd Congressional
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill (SB) 62, a bipartisan bill that will allow the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office to utilize savings over the past year due to staff turnover to provide a much overdue pay progression increase
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams continue supporting local COVID-19 testing efforts this week as they operate a number of regional community-based testing sites. Teams have collected a cumulative total of over one million specimens since April
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to introduce new legislation to improve access to health care by lowering premiums and deductibles for low- and middle-income families. The Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act would expand
WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s billionaires would owe a total of about $114 billion in wealth tax for 2020 if the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act introduced today by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) had
Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), Representative Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City), Representative Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) and Representative Todd Novak (Dodgeville) have announced a series of Budget Listening Sessions including sessions in Necedah, LaValle and a virtual listening session on Monday, March 8, 2021. Friday, March 5 – Sen.
WISCONSIN— Today, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Racine Mayor Cory Mason, UW-Green Bay Professor Jon Shelton, and Sunny Kurhajetz, a municipal employee from Madison joined Protect Our Care Wisconsin and For Our Future Wisconsin for a virtual press conference to urge the US Senate to pass President Biden’s American Rescue Plan,
DE PERE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requests public comments on a proposed Green Tier contract with The C.A. Lawton Co. (Lawton), a manufacturer of iron castings and machined components based in De Pere, Wisconsin. Lawton has been a Tier 1 participant in the DNR’s Green Tier program since 2013. The
Health department enlisted the wrong attorneys and filed far too many counts The News: Dane County attorneys, on behalf of Public Health Madison and Dane County, have significantly reduced the fines they are seeking from A Leap Above dance studio in Oregon, Wisconsin. WILL is representing A Leap Above after the health
MADISON, Wis. – A new statewide poll released today finds that an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin voters support electoral reforms that standardize how Wisconsin fixes or “cures” minor errors on voters’ absentee ballots. The poll, conducted by the Tarrance Group for the nonprofit Secure Democracy, found that nearly three-quarters of
Editor’s Note: A previous press release incorrectly listed the City of Kiel. MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the City of Sheboygan is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the recent announcement of its effort to aid in restoring the American people’s confidence in the integrity of their free and fair elections, the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) today released additional secretaries of state and state legislators who are serving on its Commission on Election Integrity. The RSLC is convening these leading
MADISON —The People’s Maps Commission will hold a virtual public hearing at 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thurs., March 11, 2021, to seek public input on the upcoming redistricting of legislative maps from constituents of Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District. Although the March 11 hearing will focus on the 2nd Congressional District, all Wisconsin residents are encouraged to watch and participate.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill (SB) 62, a bipartisan bill that will allow the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office to utilize savings over the past year due to staff turnover to provide a much overdue pay progression increase to staff to help retain and recruit talented staff, while
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams continue supporting local COVID-19 testing efforts this week as they operate a number of regional community-based testing sites. Teams have collected a cumulative total of over one million specimens since April 2020 at community-based testing sites and institutional-based testing missions. The
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to introduce new legislation to improve access to health care by lowering premiums and deductibles for low- and middle-income families. The Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act would expand coverage to more than four million Americans who are currently
WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s billionaires would owe a total of about $114 billion in wealth tax for 2020 if the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act introduced today by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) had been in effect last year, based on Forbes billionaire wealth