HOLLANDALE, Wis. — Pecatonica Area School District Superintendent and candidate for Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly announced today she has received the endorsement of Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson. “I support Dr. Jill Underly for Wisconsin State Superintendent because she is a champion for public schools and fixing the systemic inequality

MADISON, Wis. – Few are surprised to learn that Madison and Milwaukee are hubs for tech-based innovation involving young companies. Visual evidence, surveys, rankings and studies have shown as much over time. It’s a familiar story to many Wisconsin observers but only now getting the national attention it deserves. What

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in addition to signing Special Session Senate Bill 1, took action on two more bills that received bipartisan support in the Legislature. The governor signed Senate Bill 25, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 5, which changes current law to allow a cooperative to hold an annual member meeting

MILWAUKEE – Yesterday afternoon, State Representative Jonathan Brostoff (D-Milwaukee), State Senator LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee), and legislative partners introduced LRB-1942, new legislation that would end the doctrine of “qualified immunity” for law enforcement officers in Wisconsin. To mark this bill being circulated through the Legislature, Rep. Brostoff released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is supporting the reintroduction of the bipartisan, bicameral RESTAURANTS Act of 2021. Supported by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, the legislation is an updated proposal to establish a $120 billion revitalization fund to support independent restaurants and small franchisees as they deal with the long-term structural

[Madison, WI] – Over the course of the pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers had the authority to resolve the myriad of issues with Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance system himself. However, to avoid accepting responsibility for his administration’s failures, Gov. Evers opted to sit on his hands and point fingers — during which

The Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced that new groups will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 1. The newly eligible groups, initially announced in January, include in priority order: education and child care staff, people enrolled in Medicaid long-term care programs, some public-facing essential workers, non-frontline essential health

MADISON – Today, Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) testified in front of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety in favor of Senate Bills 71 and 94, bills that would address the sexual assault kit testing backlog and create a tracking system for survivors. Senator Agard released the following statement:

KENOSHA – The United Auto Workers Southeastern Wisconsin CAP Council endorsed Angela Cunningham, candidate for Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Branch 6. In their endorsement, the UAW stated, “The UAW Southeastern WI Area CAP Council is proud to join with many of our friends in the Kenosha community to endorse

Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH) sent a bipartisan letter to COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients and Acting U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Norris Cochran urging them to ensure rural communities are not left behind in the federal COVID-19 vaccine information campaign. To help address COVID-19

Imagine if shoes came in only two sizes. Most people would have unhealthy relationships with their footwear. Many would go barefoot. There almost certainly would be a national shortage of podiatrists. Thankfully, our shoes aren’t like that. But our politics are. America has at least four distinct and incompatible factions

Contact: Nick Novak, 608-661-6916 or nnovak@wmc.org MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – praised lawmakers on Thursday for protecting businesses, universities, schools, non-profits and other organizations from predatory COVID-19 lawsuits. The Senate passed Special Session Senate Bill 1 – which contained a measure

Contact Kevin Conway, (414) 288-4745 – office, (414) 202-9329 – mobile,  kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu MILWAUKEE — Reggie Moore, director of the Office of Violence Prevention in the City of Milwaukee Health Department, will discuss violence during the pandemic as the featured guest at an upcoming virtual “On the Issues with Mike Gousha,” Friday,

CONTACT: Kristina LeVan, kelevan@wisc.edu, 608-264-2002 READ THIS ON THE WEB: https://news.wisc.edu/community-chats-series-highlights-how-campus-partners-are-tackling-pressing-issues/ Strong community partnerships are essential to the Wisconsin Idea and a key part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Community Relations office. To further uplift these relationships, Community Relations is launching Community Chats, a new monthly discussion series that explores the many

Washington DC — Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence released the latest edition of its Annual Gun Law Scorecard, which grades and ranks each state on its gun laws. Wisconsin received a C- due the state having the 12th-lowest gun death rate in the country. This year’s Scorecard highlights

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov    Gov. Evers Signs Special Session Bill on Unemployment Insurance Modernization Governor’s special session call prompts legislative action on unemployment modernization after decade of inaction, bill first to be passed by the Legislature under a special session call of Gov. Evers MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed January

Contact: Kevin Olson, DNR Community Financial Assistance Specialist Kevin.Olson@wisconsin.gov or 608-234-2238 MADISON – The City of Kiel is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The projects primarily include the replacement of lead service lines throughout the City of

Contact: Tanya McLean, 262-705-4735, tanya@leadersofkenosha.org Madeline Stocker, 860-808-7857, mstocker@workingfamilies.org KENOSHA — Today, Feb 25 at 1 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, Justin Blake and Kenosha community leaders will hold a press conference calling for transparency and community collaboration from Speaker Robin Vos’s racial disparities task force. “We are calling on