This year’s theme is: “The Fierce Urgency of Now” w/ Keynote Speaker fmr. Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Beloit, WI, November 20th, 2025: The Beloit branch of the NAACP is proud to announce they will be hosting their 106th annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, December 5th at the Glen Erin

DataTool offers comparisons to peer metros on indicators of innovation, entrepreneurship Venture capital investment in metro Milwaukee rose to record levels in 2024, marking progress in an area that has been a long-term weakness of its innovation economy. Metro Milwaukee also maintained longstanding strengths in metrics such as the educational

The Emergency Planning Grant program, which is administered by the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), is designed to help county emergency planning committees pay the cost of preparing required emergency plans for responding to accidental releases of certain hazardous substances and fulfilling related responsibilities. DMA awarded 144 Emergency Planning Grant

MADISON, WI – The State Senate and State Assembly met this week for their November floor periods.  Among the bills approved were three proposals on which State Rep. Dave Armstrong (R-Rice Lake) was the lead Assembly author. On November 18, the Senate unanimously passed two Armstrong bills: Senate Bill 376, the

Construction, interior design, technology education majors build garden products for senior living home residents Menomonie, Wis. – In a cross-disciplinary collaboration, four groups of students in Lecturer James Bunkelman’s Light Construction Methods class are designing and building two raised garden beds, one raised tool bench and one raised tool holder

Wisconsin REALTORS® Association Releases October 2025 Real Estate Report Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA) released its October 2025 Wisconsin Real Estate Report today, revealing that for the fifth straight month, both existing home sales and median prices increased statewide, and total listings increased by 1.7% relative to October

58% say cases brought against Trump in 2023 and 2024 were justified Also: Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court dipped in November to 44%, the lowest in a year Attention to news about the Court is higher than in September A large majority says the president must obey the Supreme

MADISON, WI — Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly met for the final session of the year. The bills taken up addressed public schools, elections, and healthcare. Unfortunately, most bills voted on failed to provide real solutions Wisconsinites need. “For over 15 years, Republicans have failed to fund our public schools. Instead

MADISON – Representative Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) responded to the package of bills passed today aimed at closing rural schools: “On the last Assembly voting day of the 2025 Session, Legislative Republicans made clear their plans for education. Their plans are closing public schools. This harms our kids, and harms our

“Don’t Close Our Schools. Fund Them.” – Rep. Angelito Tenorio MADISON — Today, Assembly Republicans advanced a package of bills that would consolidate school districts and close public schools. Rep. Angelito Tenorio (D-West Allis) released the following statement:   “For more than a decade, Republicans have systematically defunded our public schools. They

MADISON, Wis. – Republican State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is standing in the way of providing new Wisconsin moms with critical pregnancy-related healthcare provided by Medicaid. Today on the Assembly floor, my Democratic colleagues and I exhausted every avenue possible to get a vote on Senate Bill 23, which would

MADISON, Wis – The Wisconsin State Assembly held the final Assembly Session of the calendar year. During the session, the Assembly heard 43 bills. Following the floor session, Representative DeSanto (D-40) released the following statement: “On the last session day of the calendar year, I believe that the Assembly should be

Madison, Wis.—Today, Representative Priscilla A. Prado and her Democratic colleagues introduced a petition to bring postpartum Medicaid expansion to the Assembly floor for a vote. Assembly Bill 97 extends postpartum Medicaid coverage for up to 12 months, and has 72 members co-sponsoring the legislation—the highest number of Assembly members on

Madison, WI—Representative Jerry O’Connor (R-Fond du Lac) released the following statement after the Assembly passed AB 207, a bill to require the creation of a “State Referendum Disclosure Notice”: “Ensuring that voters understand what they are voting for or against should never be a partisan issue. Today, I am proud to

MADISON– The Wisconsin State Assembly met for its final session of 2025 and passed a package of school consolidation bills. Rep. Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) released the following statement:  “Public schools are at the heart of our communities and serve as a powerful economic engine for our communities and our state.

–Rep. Robyn Vining on Continued Republican Failure to Pass Postpartum Medicaid Expansion MADISON– 2025 Senate Bill 23, a bill that extends postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to one year, has 75 co-sponsors in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Yet Assembly Republicans–led by Speaker Robin Vos–refuse to bring it to a floor for a

MADISON, WI – “Today, we chose to spend our final session day of the year weakening public schools instead of strengthening them. After more than a decade of underfunding public schools, we passed bills that encourage school closures and district consolidation. We know communities didn’t ask for this, but the

Madison, WI – Today, the State Assembly passed several bills introduced by Representative Cindi Duchow (R-Delafield). Assembly Bill 225 relates to determining a proper venue in a civil lawsuit. Too often, a venue is chosen based on a third party, including an insurer, even when the venue doesn’t make sense.

MADISON – State Representative Amanda Nedweski (R–Pleasant Prairie) voted to pass a series of bills that provide school districts with new voluntary options to address the demographic challenges caused by declining enrollment. The legislation creates financial incentives for consolidation while giving districts tools to protect property taxpayers and expand academic opportunities for

Madison, WI – Representative Chanz Green (R-Grand View) had several of his bills pass the Assembly floor earlier today, including measures to support search and rescue K9 teams and to expand scholarship opportunities for students in small and rural schools across Wisconsin. On the Assembly Bills 238 and 240, which supports search and rescue