Contact: Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined ‘Fox and Friends’ Thursday to discuss the censorship of medical viewpoints on early-stage COVID treatments from government health agencies and the media. Excerpts from the interview are below and video of the interview can be found here. “The lead witness in my first

For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org www.milwaukeepressclub.org The Milwaukee Press Club is pleased to announce the call for entries for its 91st Annual MPC Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism contest. The awards competition is open to work originated and published, broadcast or posted online in Wisconsin, by a state-based

Contact: DOJCommunications@doj.state.wi.us MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Kaul and Governor Tony Evers today announce that Wisconsin has joined a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million agreement with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, resolving

Doreen Johnson received the University Staff Employee Appreciation Award for January at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Johnson, of Colfax, is a Human Resources assistant advanced. She has worked at the university since 2008. Chancellor Katherine Frank presented Johnson with the award. Johnson’s nomination stated: “Doreen has worked in the Human Resources

MADISON – The problems with Gov. Tony Evers’ Department of Workforce Development are seemingly never ending. Under Evers’ leadership, the DWD has bungled the response to the pandemic since the beginning — creating months of backlog for Wisconsinites filing unemployment claims and failing to answer more than 99 percent of calls to the DWD unemployment

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to participate in Wisconsin Water Week, a digital experience from March 8-12, 2021. This year’s virtual interactive event spotlights protecting and enhancing Wisconsin’s water. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from experts, grass-roots organizers and passionate water advocates. Participants can

NEENAH — The National Weather Service is predicting a winter storm will arrive in our region Thursday, bringing freezing rain, sleet, heavy snow and gusty winds. Dangerously cold temperatures are expected to follow into next week.  Patient and team member safety are our top priorities. We will take the following

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, MD (D-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) are today introducing bicameral legislation to dramatically scale up our efforts to track coronavirus variants. The U.S. is currently conducting sequence-based surveillance of approximately 0.3 percent of coronavirus

Contact: Emily Kumlien, (608) 516-9154, ekumlien@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – Detecting misinformation regarding COVID-19 vaccination is a challenge, but an expert at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is here to bust myths and help the public. As COVID-19 vaccination continue throughout the state, misinformation about the vaccine

Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 WISCONSIN — New digital ads from Healthcare Workers Action ask Republican Senator Ron Johnson to vote to provide urgently needed relief for our front line health care workers who are leading the fight to stop COVID-19 and provide critical economic support to states and regions

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D. C.  – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a group of her Senate colleagues to introduce a resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the imminent and pervasive threat of domestic terrorism, violent white supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-government militias, and dangerous, fringe conspiracy theories to the democratic institutions and

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

Contact: Rebecca Normington, 715-221-9726, normington.rebecca@securityhealth.org MARSHFIELD – Wisconsin has nearly 6,000 public schools serving more than 870,000 students. In many districts, state funding for K-12 education isn’t meeting the needs of public schools. Like other districts, the Spencer Parent Teacher Association (PTA) works to help fill those gaps and support its

Contact: Annika Doner, annika@committeetoprotect.org, (313) 670-4737 View video of Dr. Freedland reading the below statement here. MADISON — Today, the Wisconsin Assembly, led by Republicans, plans to vote on a joint resolution to repeal the state’s mask mandate. The Senate passed the resolution, which doesn’t need the governor’s signature, last