The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is conducting a public involvement meeting to discuss intersection improvements at US 12/18 and County W/Oak Park Road near the Village of Deerfield in Dane County. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at Deerfield High

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today proudly announced new appointments within the Commissioners’ Office and the Division of Energy Regulation and Analysis. The appointments are in effect starting February 5, 2024. Commissioner Kristy Nieto announced the appointment of Matt Sweeney as her Executive Assistant (EA). Each

Madison, WI: Rep. Sapik and Legislative Republicans have introduced a package of bills to support working-class families in Wisconsin. The package includes a tax cut plan to reduce the tax burden on middle-class earners, retirees, and married filers. This package of bills was heard in front of the Joint Finance Committee.  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2024 Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill 846 and Senate Bill 847, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 92 and 2023 Wisconsin Act 93, respectively, providing four percent wage increases for employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining units at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison and the UW System. While&n… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t

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In response to the Expert Report filed yesterday with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the Clarke V. WEC litigation (fair maps), Law Forward issued the following statement:  Our team will be further analyzing the expert report from Prof. Jonathan Cervas and Prof. Bernard Grofman and will weigh in thoroughly on February 8th.

MADISON, Wis. – If you are covering the Report of the Court-Appointed Co-Consultants concerning Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, please consider the following statement from the Republican Party of Wisconsin: “The Consultants’ report is a brazen hack job by left-wing partisan actors. Invented terms like ‘stealth gerrymander’ are nothing more than

MADISON, Wis. — Following a December 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that the state’s current GOP-drawn state legislative maps are unconstitutional, court-appointed independent experts last night released their analysis of maps submitted by parties in the case.  According to the independent experts’ reports, the maps submitted by Republicans and right-wing intervenors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2024 Contact: Dan Richter, Public Information Officer, (608) 419-5352, dan.richter@wisconsin.govMADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board (WCPB) election results. The following corn producers started their three-year terms as elected members of the WCPB on Februa…

MILWAUKEE-The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is among 10 universities nationwide funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to launch a Building Training and Assessment Center. These centers will teach technical college students to identify ways to reduce carbon emissions and conserve energy in industrial facilities and commercial buildings that serve mainly

February 2, 2024 For more information, contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs 608-266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is ending the frozen road declaration for the entire state as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 3 and enacting Class II road restrictions for Zones 1 through 5. WisDOT and county highway

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressmen Glenn Grothman (R-WI) and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) introduced H.R. 7184, the CBO Data Access Act, a bipartisan initiative designed to benefit the taxpayers by enhancing the efficiency of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) process behind projecting the fiscal impact of proposed legislation. A transparent and efficient federal

MADISON, Wis. – A new study indicates that the simple act of a doctor sitting in a chair during hospital bedside discussions improved the experience for physicians and patients alike. Past studies have shown that a doctor sitting next to a patient’s bed, which can promote eye-to-eye interface between both

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 2, 2024 Contact: Laura HensleyDirector of communications(517) 652-4524 | lhensley@dairyforward.com GREEN BAY, Wis. — The world is changing at a fast pace and the United States needs to adapt or else it may lose its influence over the world’s growing middle class, according to a leading geopolitical

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024CONTACT: press@opportunitywisconsin.org PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – It’s Groundhog Day, and if the cycle of Republicans in Congress introducing spending packages laden with harmful cuts has gotten as repetitive as Bill Murray’s life in the 1993 classic, we’ve got bad news for you: There are just 10 legislative session days

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February 2, 2024 Contact: DOJCommunications@doj.state.wi.us MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC’s efforts

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has released the following statement on the recent report filed by consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to assess to new legislative maps:   “The report hides its bias behind a fog of faux sophistication.  Let’s be clear, our maps have

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2024 Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers tonight released a statement regarding the expert report submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court today in a redistricting lawsuit relating to the state’s legislative districts. Importantly, the expert report specifically addresses maps submitted by Republicans in the Wisconsin State

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC’s efforts to reverse a