Media contact: Mike Wagner, (319) 786-4040 MADISON – January 28, 2021 – Alliant Energy’s support for LGBTQ+ employees to be themselves and contribute their very best is reflected in the company’s ranking as a Best Place for LGBTQ+ Equality on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Administered by the Human Rights

CONTACT: Rebecca Normington, 715-221-9726, normington.rebecca@securityhealth.org COLBY – “Lifting our patients into the ambulance can be difficult,” said Lin Mueller, Patient Care Support Receptionist at Marshfield Clinic Health System. Mueller is also an emergency medical technician (EMT) with over 25 years of service with the Central Fire Emergency Medical Service (EMS). The

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON —​ Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applicants for Dane County Sheriff. The appointment will fill a vacancy created by Sheriff David J. Mahoney’s resignation, effective May 8, 2021. The new sheriff will complete a term ending January 2, 2023. To apply, please email a

Milwaukee –  Ahead of the February 16 primary elections, the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County today published its online Spring 2021 Voter Guide via the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This “one-stop shop” for election information provides simple, easy tools to help Wisconsin voters navigate the voting process. VOTE411.org provides candidate information

WISCONSIN – Today, Rep. Mark Pocan, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and front line nurses joined Protect Our Care Wisconsin for a virtual press conference to discuss how President Biden’s American Rescue Plan will provide desperately needed relief to Wisconsinites struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches

Contact: Samba Baldeh, (608) 213-5947, Rep.Baldeh@legis.wisconsin.gov The wide-ranging effects of the pandemic-related recession in Dane County have continued one year after the onset of the virus. The Department of Workforce Development’s employment release today reported that Dane County has continued to show a loss of over 27,000 jobs compared to

Contact State Rep. Dora Drake, Rep.Drake@legis.wisconsin.gov MADISON- Today, State Rep. Dora Drake (D-11th Assembly District Milwaukee) shared her thoughts regarding Resolution SRJ 3 to repeal the Governor’s emergency order and mask mandate: “As the Wisconsin Assembly convenes today to vote on this resolution, the constituents of District 11, community members, business

Contact: Maddy McDaniel, Communications Director maddy@investinamericanow.com The Politics of Public Investment Are Changing — Economists, Business Leaders, the American People Agree that America Needs Historic Levels of Public Investment to Rescue the Economy and Create Long Term Prosperity  Spearheaded by Veteran Campaign Operatives, the Operation Will Debunk Arguments Claiming We

MADISON –  Kerry Schumann, executive director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s executive orders today to “tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad,” including a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal public lands or offshore waters. “After four years

Effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2021, all but one of Wisconsin’s regions will be under the frozen road declaration, which allows heavier loads for trucks hauling logs or winter maintenance salt and sand. The frozen road determination for the last remaining region, Zone 5 which covers the southeast corner