WisDems: Welcome Vice President Harris back to the Badger State

MADISON, Wis. — Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Madison on Wednesday to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s investments promoting union job growth and apprenticeship programs, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement: “The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is

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Gov. Evers: Approves critical UW System-wide capital project investments, UW-Madison Engineering Building

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed legislation to enumerate critical capital project investments for the University of Wisconsin (UW) System for System-wide capital improvements, renovations at UW-Whitewater, and the UW-Madison engineering building project, which has long been a top UW budget pr… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a

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Dunn County: Offers free well testing for 2024 

MENOMONIE, Wis. — Dunn County is again offering free well testing following its 2023 project that tested nearly 1,000 wells in the county for nitrates and metals.  “The sampling is planned to be started in July of this year with

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U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP: Gallagher and bipartisan coalition hold press conference on Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Applications Act

WASHINGTON D.C. —  Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led a bipartisan press conference on legislation the pair introduced yesterday to prevent app store availability or web hosting services

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Opportunity Wisconsin: Statement on House passage of appropriations bills

MADISON, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh released the following statement following the passage of six appropriations bills ahead of this week’s deadline: “After months of gridlock and dysfunction created by Republicans in Congress, the House finally passed six initial appropriations bills earlier today. But after months of shutdown threats

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Universities of Wisconsin: Undergraduates showcase research in Capitol Rotunda at 20th annual event

MADISON, Wis.—Today, more than 150 outstanding undergraduate student researchers from across the Universities of Wisconsin, together with their faculty advisers, shared their research findings with state legislators, state business and nonprofit leaders, UW alumni, and other supporters at the UW’s 20th annual Research in the Rotunda event in the State Capitol. “Undergraduate student…

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WILL: Secures massive legal victory against discriminatory federal agency

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has secured an historic legal victory against the Biden Administration. A federal judge has just declared unconstitutional the racially discriminatory federal laws creating the Minority Business Development Agency. This agency, known as the MBDA, was designed to help Americans of

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WisDems: Welcome Vice President Harris back to the Badger State

MADISON, Wis. — Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Madison on Wednesday to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s investments promoting union job growth and apprenticeship programs, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement: “The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is thrilled to welcome Vice President Harris back to Wisconsin to

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Gov. Evers: Approves critical UW System-wide capital project investments, UW-Madison Engineering Building

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed legislation to enumerate critical capital project investments for the University of Wisconsin (UW) System for System-wide capital improvements, renovations at UW-Whitewater, and the UW-Madison engineering building project, which has long been a top UW budget pr… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Dunn County: Offers free well testing for 2024 

MENOMONIE, Wis. — Dunn County is again offering free well testing following its 2023 project that tested nearly 1,000 wells in the county for nitrates and metals.  “The sampling is planned to be started in July of this year with staff collecting the samples again,” said Heather Wood, water resources

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: To bring AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to State of the Union

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), co-chair and co-founder of the Congressional Labor Caucus, announced he was bringing Liz Shuler, President of the AFL-CIO, as his guest to this year’s State of the Union. President Shuler represents more than 12 million workers nationwide, including thousands of Wisconsinites.

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